rename
verb
re·name
(ˌ)rē-ˈnām 
renamed; renaming
: to give (someone or something) a new name
renamed the street in honor of the late mayor
… a 16-year-old who left the Orthodox life a year ago. He has renamed himself Adam to cement the break …—
Ron Kampeas
Ron KampeasThe program was actually a relatively simple … script that renames files on your hard drive …—Michael J. Miller
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Month-long preparations for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war culminated on Wednesday, April 30, the date in 1975 that communist North Vietnam took over Saigon, then-capital of South Vietnam and renamed to Ho Chi Minh City.
—Nga Pham, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
The organization was later renamed CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and continues to provide immediate aid and long-term recovery support to underserved communities around the world.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
Last year, the Mughalsarai railway station, built in central India a century and a half ago, was renamed for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a right-wing Hindu-nationalist leader.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Susan, as her mother renamed my nonna in America, was known as deeply empathetic, always willing to help her neighbors.
—Suzanne Cope, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nga Pham, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
The organization was later renamed CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and continues to provide immediate aid and long-term recovery support to underserved communities around the world.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
Last year, the Mughalsarai railway station, built in central India a century and a half ago, was renamed for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a right-wing Hindu-nationalist leader.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Susan, as her mother renamed my nonna in America, was known as deeply empathetic, always willing to help her neighbors.
—Suzanne Cope, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rename. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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