be reborn
idiom
: to be born again : to become alive again after death
The phoenix is a mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes.
—often used figuratively to describe something that becomes active or popular againAfter years of renovations and improvements, the city has been reborn as a tourist destination.
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That means that the brand originally launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer (P2P) music file-sharing service is set to be reborn again.
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Three hours from the capital by road and 15-minutes by plane, Jacmel is where tourism was supposed to be reborn after the quake left more than 300,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Saunders imagines a space in which the devastated father and son might still communicate with the multiple spirits of the cemetery’s dead similarly waiting to be reborn.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The best advice is to let go or be dragged, and to move on in order to be reborn.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Three hours from the capital by road and 15-minutes by plane, Jacmel is where tourism was supposed to be reborn after the quake left more than 300,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Saunders imagines a space in which the devastated father and son might still communicate with the multiple spirits of the cemetery’s dead similarly waiting to be reborn.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The best advice is to let go or be dragged, and to move on in order to be reborn.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for be reborn
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“Be reborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20reborn. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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