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re-creation

[ree-kree-ey-shuhn] / ˌri kriˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
picture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
account art cartoon copy depiction description drawing figure icon image impression painting photo photograph piece portrait portrayal print report sketch statue
STRONG
blueprint canvas delineation doodle double draft duplicate effigy engraving outline panorama presentment replica representation ringer similitude simulacrum spectacle tableau twin
WEAK
lookalike spitting image
Antonyms
STRONG
original

Example Sentences

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Amaya Espinal, the winner of season 7 who was nicknamed "Amaya Papaya", expressed her distaste at the AI fruit re-creation of the show she starred in just last year.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The more familiar “Renaissance” nevertheless remains a rich and esoteric metaphor, suggesting a human capacity for rediscovery and renovation—for re-creation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

At launch, OpenAI took a lax approach to enforcing copyright restrictions and allowed the re-creation of copyrighted material by default, unless the owners opted out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

The intent is a kind of re-creation, or dramatization, of Cleopatra’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

It was a perfect re-creation of an almost ordinary day.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day