rechristen

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Recent Examples of rechristen 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
Verb
  • Meanwhile, state lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Illinois moved to establish state holidays in Kirk’s honor, while proposals in Arizona and Florida would rename highways after him.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • After commending leaders for their work, the president spoke of changes being made at the Pentagon, including the decision to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Willis also said the FDA's efforts to relabel leucovorin is premature.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Shippers then relabel the country of origin before selling it on to independent refineries in China.
    Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • What the franchise does not have, at least not for the time being, is a team nickname unencumbered by legal red tape.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The standard version has a two-stroke engine driving a propeller, making a distinctive sound which has led to it being nicknamed ‘moped’.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Rechristen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rechristen. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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