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 again
After years of renovations and improvements, the city has been reborn as a tourist destination.

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Will Batman be reborn in a new film, and which other classic comic book characters are headed for the big screen? Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 6 July 2025 In this world where the boundaries between the human and the mythical are blurred, both must face their deepest scars to be reborn or lost forever. Annika Pham, Variety, 4 June 2025 Three years later, Apple would be reborn, starting out on its 2001-10 run of unleashing world-shaking devices and services including the iPod, iPhone, iPad and iTunes. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025 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. Ars Technica, 25 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 30 Jul. 2025.

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