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as in transformed
to make significant changes or improvements to (something)
We are striving to reinvent our business model.
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as in revived
to bring (something) into use again in a new way
Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter.
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Recent Examples of reinvented
Simply by recognizing the historical synchronicity and formal resonances between disparate cultures, and then using those myriad composite traditions in her own work, Morrison completely reinvented the novel.
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Since her initial burst of mainstream pop success, Lindemann has continually reinvented her sound — blending pop, alt-rock, pop-punk and darker alternative influences into a fiercely personal style.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Have fun and relish the fact that a garden can always be replanted and reinvented, so there’s no fear of getting it wrong.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Cinematic montage — pioneered by Sergei Eisenstein and reinvented by Jean-Luc Godard — becomes an organizing principle of the exhibit, as artworks compete for attention.
—Will Fenstermaker, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
And his actions not only reinvented Walmart, but influenced the entire retail sector given the company’s size.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
The full special includes Alex Cooper visiting Rosé in Asia for a sit-down interview that takes them to various locations, including a cafe in Seoul, a traditional Pocha lunch, Rosé’s recording studio (reinvented as a Call Her Daddy set), a karaoke stall and a lounge in Tokyo.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Spalletti reinvented Marcelo Brozovic instead.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Robbie reinvented the naked dress on Monday, stepping out in Los Angeles in a thong-baring LBD made out of nothing but sheer black lace.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Since her initial burst of mainstream pop success, Lindemann has continually reinvented her sound — blending pop, alt-rock, pop-punk and darker alternative influences into a fiercely personal style.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Have fun and relish the fact that a garden can always be replanted and reinvented, so there’s no fear of getting it wrong.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Cinematic montage — pioneered by Sergei Eisenstein and reinvented by Jean-Luc Godard — becomes an organizing principle of the exhibit, as artworks compete for attention.
—Will Fenstermaker, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
And his actions not only reinvented Walmart, but influenced the entire retail sector given the company’s size.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
The full special includes Alex Cooper visiting Rosé in Asia for a sit-down interview that takes them to various locations, including a cafe in Seoul, a traditional Pocha lunch, Rosé’s recording studio (reinvented as a Call Her Daddy set), a karaoke stall and a lounge in Tokyo.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Spalletti reinvented Marcelo Brozovic instead.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Robbie reinvented the naked dress on Monday, stepping out in Los Angeles in a thong-baring LBD made out of nothing but sheer black lace.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinvented
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Harvard Professor Carla Martin explains how cacao transformed from a sacred drink into a Valentine’s Day staple — and how history, marketing and chemistry helped give chocolate its emotional power.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Creative director Heginz Janvier transformed classic silhouettes such as trenchcoats and cargo pants into new offerings by creating them from technical fabrics and adding pockets in unconventional locations, such as above the ankles or on the waist.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Queen Camilla revived wintery whites in a Fiona Clare coat for the brisk temperatures during her latest public royal engagement, visiting different sites in Bath, England, on Tuesday.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The style was actually originally introduced back in 2002, but has now been revived and updated in a variety of new colorways, and also comes in a new mini size.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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In being converted into a hotel, the Renaissance-style mansion has been redesigned brick to brick, its interiors filled with a myriad decorative flourishes.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Accessibility The hotel has four wheelchair-accessible guest rooms and all the public spaces were redesigned to be fully accessible.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
30 Jan. 2026
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Darnold, who resurrected his career, has capped one of the greatest redemption arcs ever seen in football with a Lombardi Trophy after he was considered by many to have been a draft bust.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Then there’s Sam Darnold, who was once declared a draft bust and was football Twitter’s favorite punchline, but now has been resurrected in Seattle, throwing for over 4,000 yards and leading the Seahawks to the Super Bowl.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Still, any CO₂-fixing organism could in principle be modified.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Its premise is that Bessette, an outsider in the family, deserves for her reputation to be reclaimed.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Years later, however, it was definitively reclaimed as a cult classic.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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And of course, the Clippers restarted their season from there by winning 16 of 19 games.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Apple’s decision to withhold an iOS 18 update in December for any iPhones able to run iOS 26 also means those hundreds of millions of devices have likely not restarted.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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While those albums captured much of the project’s early spirit and altered little, Canada, the fourth Placid Angles album, feels different.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, electronic screening from the metal surface greatly altered images of vibrations that moved perpendicular to the surface.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Reinvented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinvented. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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