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as in transforming
to make significant changes or improvements to (something)
We are striving to reinvent our business model.
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as in reviving
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 reinventing
This former mining town changed its fortune, reinventing itself to become an artists’ haven.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
Meetings stopped reinventing conversations from scratch.
—Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
Just 26% of AI users say their leadership is clearly and consistently aligned on AI strategy, and only 13% say they are rewarded for reinventing work with AI even when results are not immediate.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Nearly six decades later, Are You Experienced remains a landmark debut—an album that overnight accelerated the evolution of rock, reinventing the genre in its own electrifying image.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Turner didn’t do anything in a small way, including reinventing himself.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
But this is about reinventing the wheel, and there's sure to be plenty of bumps in the road.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
The RayNeo Air 4 Pro builds on its predecessor rather than reinventing it, offering a bright, vivid, and comfortable prism display experience at an unbeatable $299 price.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
The 39-year-old songwriter, who’s also a musician and producer, has collaborated with some of the top artists in music, crossing and reinventing genres with ease.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2026
Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
Meetings stopped reinventing conversations from scratch.
—Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
Just 26% of AI users say their leadership is clearly and consistently aligned on AI strategy, and only 13% say they are rewarded for reinventing work with AI even when results are not immediate.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Nearly six decades later, Are You Experienced remains a landmark debut—an album that overnight accelerated the evolution of rock, reinventing the genre in its own electrifying image.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Turner didn’t do anything in a small way, including reinventing himself.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
But this is about reinventing the wheel, and there's sure to be plenty of bumps in the road.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
The RayNeo Air 4 Pro builds on its predecessor rather than reinventing it, offering a bright, vivid, and comfortable prism display experience at an unbeatable $299 price.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
The 39-year-old songwriter, who’s also a musician and producer, has collaborated with some of the top artists in music, crossing and reinventing genres with ease.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinventing
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Ted Turner, one of America’s largest private landowners, devoted decades to transforming 3,125 square miles of ranches into conservation laboratories across six states.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Work transforming the pool with a blue covering is already well underway, meaning the covering would have to be manually removed if efforts to halt the renovation are carried out.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 May 2026
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By pairing hers with loose, straight-leg denim, Miley Cyrus proved that Hannah Montana isn’t the only thing worth reviving in 2026.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
14 May 2026
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This collaboration continues that legacy, reviving the core black style while introducing a new expression in brown.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Instead of redesigning airport systems from scratch, companies are exploring humanoid robots that can fit into existing workflows.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Since then, scientists have devised ways of redesigning these molecules to better infiltrate muscle cells, leading to vastly higher dystrophin levels.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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Founder of Stubbs & Wooton and known for resurrecting the velvet slipper as a fashion staple, Steinhart’s slippers have been worn by Lady Gaga, Anne Hathaway and the former king of Spain.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Chopa is resurrecting Caffe Vialetto with a new name — Casa Vialetto — and a similar menu, in a new location at 267 Alhambra Circle in the Gables.—
Connie Ogle
May 2,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Those included adding desks or modifying office space to make more efficient use of workplaces; shifting the location of employees’ workstations based on surplus office space; and working with California’s Department of General Services to potentially use additional space in Sacramento.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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And SpaceX is modifying three pads in the Cape Canaveral area — Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Launch Complex 37-A and 37-B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to accommodate Starship launches.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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And worse sleep tends to mean more daytime fatigue — which sends many people back to the coffee pot, restarting the cycle.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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The first step toward new rules, Opiela said, is restarting an advisory committee on anatomical donations.—
Dug Begley,
Houston Chronicle,
4 May 2026
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Even reclaiming loneliness as a desirable state feels Texan, like a reminder that the Lone Star symbolizes independence.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Microsoft’s report found several websites that pretend to offer guidance for freeing up macOS storage or reclaiming Mac disk space.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Zadik Zadikian’s project, The Studio, turns a 5,000-square-foot space inside the Arsenale into a working studio, where Zadikian and his assistants will spend the six months of the Biennale’s run making and remaking sculptures in front of visitors.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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Kansas is a blue blood remaking its roster after an underwhelming season.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Reinventing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinventing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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