How to Use reinvent the wheel in a Sentence
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Don’t try to reinvent the wheel.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
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So don’t reinvent the wheel for this game — keep playing zone.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
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So how did Nelly reinvent the wheel?
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Most of the time, urban planners do not have to reinvent the wheel.
—Janette Sadik-Khan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
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Know that whole axiom about not needing to reinvent the wheel?
—Chris Cillizza, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
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These guys always wanna act like let’s reinvent the wheel.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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Cloud tech leaders don’t have to reinvent the wheel here, either.
—Denada Ramnishta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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The writers always figure out how to reinvent the wheel of our show.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
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There is no reason to reinvent the wheel or to veer from the franchise system.
—Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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This commission need not waste any time trying to reinvent the wheel.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
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Why reinvent the wheel when a wheel of baked brie is going to make wishes come true anyway?
—Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2022
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Fortunately, there is no need to start from scratch and reinvent the wheel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Oct. 2023
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Big ideas, then, can only reinvent the wheel or make magical claims.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2011
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Instead of burning lots of cash to reinvent the wheel, use an off-the-shelf product.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
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Like the movie itself, the performance doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel in terms of how a good man goes evil.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
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No one should have to reinvent the wheel to survive this current change in economic pace.
—Rhett Power, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
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There’s no need to reinvent the wheel each time, just to tweak it occasionally.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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Rain Design isn’t out here trying to reinvent the wheel with flashy features.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2025
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Plot-wise, North of North isn’t exactly out to reinvent the wheel.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, there’s no need for the new president to reinvent the wheel.
—Moises Naim, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
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Time is running out, so letting nature help us, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, makes sense.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020
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Use today's Aquarius new moon to reinvent the wheel – or yourself!
—USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024
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Everyone wants to reinvent the wheel, and the Olympics are a chance to show off on the world’s biggest stage.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps more brands could benefit from the wisdom of not trying to reinvent the wheel.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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But the challenge facing Season 2 wasn’t how to reinvent the wheel.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026
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No need to reinvent the wheel, just replicate the natural model you've been given.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2011
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Use Dryer Sheets There’s no need to always reinvent the wheel.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
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Reese Witherspoon knows there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel when the classics still work.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 14 July 2026
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Managers don’t need to reinvent the wheel to help their highest performers succeed.
—Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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While senior programs exist on the northwest side, Miller said the church doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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