reorganize

verb re·or·ga·nize \ (ˌ)rē-ˈȯr-gə-ˌnīz \

Definition of reorganize

transitive verb

:to organize again or anew

intransitive verb

:to reorganize something

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reorganizer

noun

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Examples of reorganize in a Sentence

The staff is still reorganizing the files according to the new system.
The company was reorganized after it went bankrupt.
The company is reorganizing as a corporation.
The club had to reorganize when most of its members moved away.

Recent Examples of reorganize from the Web

The system was downgraded to a tropical wave, but its remnants reorganized Wednesday into a tropical depression. -- The National Hurricane Center and Times-Picayune reporter Jennifer Larino contributed to this story.

— carlie kollath wells, NOLA.com, "Tropical Storm Harvey makes landfall in Louisiana near Cameron," 30 Aug. 2017
That’s because autumn truly is the best season for Piedmont gardeners, a time for reorganizing and rebuilding, replanting and renewal.

— charlotteobserver, "Gardeners rejoice at the approach of autumn," 16 Aug. 2017
But that decision was made when the crash reconstruction unit was separately restructured and reorganized, the attorney said.

— cynthia sewell, idahostatesman, "Jurors start work on rare task: Decide if Idaho police retaliated against 1 of their own," 14 Aug. 2017
The closer the pass-through rate is to ordinary income rates, the lower the incentive for lawyers, accountants, doctors and other service professionals to reorganize themselves into pass-through entities to avoid paying the higher rates.

— james b. stewart, New York Times, "What Would It Take for Trump to Get His Corporate Tax Wish?," 3 Aug. 2017
Twenty years ago, the more economically successful European nations, such as Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands, reorganized their welfare states to emphasize work and witnessed positive results.

— edward l. glaeser, National Review, "The War on Work — and How to End It," 1 Aug. 2017
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will take the first step at the end of the week to reorganize the government.

— j. weston phippen, The Atlantic, "Venezuela's Deadline," 26 July 2017
The new law is part of the ruling party’s drive to reorganize all levels of Poland’s judiciary.

— Washington Post, "Thousands protest in Poland against court reorganizations," 20 July 2017
The position remained vacant until 2013, when then–Secretary of Energy Ernst Moniz reorganized DOE management.

— adrian cho, Science | AAAS, "Nominee for Department of Energy’s undersecretary for science draws praise," 19 July 2017

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