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- noun Plural form of
reshaping .
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Examples
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When exported to PDF, what is technically termed reshapings are not searchable.
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Since "the movements of the individual body enter into all reshapings of material," all art, according to John Dewey could be described as performances, or at least as encompassing "the rhythm of vital natural expression, something as it were of dancing and pantomime" ( "The Varied Substance of the Arts," Art as Experience).
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Language geeks have given the name eggcorns to usages of this kind — “spontaneous reshapings of known expressions” which seem to make sense.
Word Court 2006
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Language geeks have given the name eggcorns to usages of this kind — “spontaneous reshapings of known expressions” which seem to make sense.
Word Court 2006
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Typical examples include free reign (instead of free rein) or hone in on (instead of home in on), and many more or less common reshapings of words and expressions: a word or part of a word is semantically reanalyzed, and the spelling reflects the new interpretation.
Some Humor 2005
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The post stated that EXACTLY the same problems with searching reshapings exist in Apple Pages '09 in January 2002 as PlanetPDF reported for Adobe InDesign in April 2002, using Adobe Originals with Microsoft TrueType 2 (OpenType) shaping.
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I'm gearing up for the next change in my portfolio, but unlike prior reshapings, I am putting out my industry ranks first.
Alea 2009
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I'm gearing up for the next change in my portfolio, but unlike prior reshapings, I am putting out my industry ranks first.
Alea 2009
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So we find in the language of nature vivid, naturalistic accounts of everyday happenings in fantastic reshapings, realistically conceived and ascribed to the gods who rule natural phenomena; a figurative language of signs to be read as an implied analogy; allusive use of objects, names, places, to convey the associated incident, or the description of a scene to suggest the accompanying emotion; and a sense of delight in the striking or phenomenal in sound, perfume, or appearance, which is explained as the work of a god.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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