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Recent Examples of rechristen
Allbirds, which plans to rechristen itself as NewBird AI, is not the first struggling company to try to get a another lease on life by seizing on the hot new thing.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Another is that the company actually may want to completely rechristen itself in hopes of leaving past problems behind and rebooting its corporate image.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 July 2021
The trustees of Clemson University last year voted to rechristen Tillman Hall, named for the proudly racist politician of a century ago.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2021
That’s what the city of Franklin is planning to rechristen its downtown district, which includes the new waterpark, in an effort to capture some of the energy and history inherent in its riverfront setting.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2021
The two chambers had to reconcile the bills, though, giving Trump the opportunity to turn up his pressure campaign on Republicans to nix the effort to rechristen those select bases.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
While the president this week decried efforts to rechristen U.S. military bases named for Confederate generals, the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday decided to add a bipartisan provision to the Pentagon's annual spending bill that would begin the process of renaming those installations.
—Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Another is that the company actually may want to completely rechristen itself in hopes of leaving past problems behind and rebooting its corporate image.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 July 2021
The trustees of Clemson University last year voted to rechristen Tillman Hall, named for the proudly racist politician of a century ago.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2021
That’s what the city of Franklin is planning to rechristen its downtown district, which includes the new waterpark, in an effort to capture some of the energy and history inherent in its riverfront setting.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2021
The two chambers had to reconcile the bills, though, giving Trump the opportunity to turn up his pressure campaign on Republicans to nix the effort to rechristen those select bases.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
While the president this week decried efforts to rechristen U.S. military bases named for Confederate generals, the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday decided to add a bipartisan provision to the Pentagon's annual spending bill that would begin the process of renaming those installations.
—Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rechristen
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The effort to rename landmarks in a city so central to the farmworker labor movement was pushed last March in a joint memorandum by Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Pamela Campos, Anthony Tordillos, Domingo Candelas, and Mayor Matt Mahan.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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The move to rename the street for the former president comes ahead of the grand opening for Obama’s namesake presidential center in the Woodlawn neighborhood, set for June 19.—
Allison Kiehl,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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Scammers often relabel old or scrap batteries built by legitimate manufacturers like LG, Panasonic, or Samsung and sell them as new.—
Andrew Moseman,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Nov. 2025
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Texas has been known to relabel its drugs’ beyond-use dates, a practice that has been criticized in recent years by death row inmates who have alleged in court that the drugs are expired and unsafe.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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North Cascades National Park, nicknamed the American Alps, is about as dramatic as contiguous U.S. scenery gets.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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Earl’s combat partner was nicknamed Tiger and it was passed along.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Rechristen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rechristen. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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