as in to reconsider
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity
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Recent Examples of redefine
May is all about redefining yourself, but learning to manage a healthy give-and-take in your relationships is key.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 May 2025
Disabled parents like me elbow our way in, redefine the genre, and yet find ourselves on the outside looking in.
—Jessica Slice, Time, 9 May 2025
With ongoing research and a strong commitment to ethical practices, integrating these advanced systems into everyday care could redefine patient outcomes for generations to come.
—Vinodhini Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Their groundbreaking findings, published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques, could redefine global transplant protocols.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 May 2025
Disabled parents like me elbow our way in, redefine the genre, and yet find ourselves on the outside looking in.
—Jessica Slice, Time, 9 May 2025
With ongoing research and a strong commitment to ethical practices, integrating these advanced systems into everyday care could redefine patient outcomes for generations to come.
—Vinodhini Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Their groundbreaking findings, published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques, could redefine global transplant protocols.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redefine
Verb
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But when Natalie died, in 2018, the writer reconsidered that vow.—
Sophia Stewart,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Another option would be to reconsider the academic calendar, which remains unchanged since the 19th century.—
Mark Robison,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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About 550 people — most of them online but about 50 in person — joined the meeting, which was held to revisit the proposal after opponents expressed fierce opposition and said they were blindsided by it.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Neither the committee nor the Council has any existing plans to revisit the item.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Most players who aren’t reviewing the game should feel comfortable skipping these scenes and getting back to the action as quickly as possible.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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For the study, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, scientists reviewed more than a dozen previous papers, including data on nearly 6,000 distance runners.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
9 May 2025
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“Redefine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redefine. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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