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Recent Examples of rename
The city staff’s suggestions to rename the 67-year-old Brooks Street Swim Center and to choose a name for a new sensory garden at the El Corazon Senior Center failed to win the support of the council majority.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The city manager was also directed to work with labor groups to rename the observance of Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day, which state leaders have already done, or consider an alternative floating holiday for city employees.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
The county said the bill does not limit how often the state can rename an airport, meaning the county could be on the line to pay for another rebrand following new political tides.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
The honorary naming followed years of advocacy by supporters seeking to rename a street in Chavez’s honor.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The city manager was also directed to work with labor groups to rename the observance of Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day, which state leaders have already done, or consider an alternative floating holiday for city employees.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
The county said the bill does not limit how often the state can rename an airport, meaning the county could be on the line to pay for another rebrand following new political tides.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
The honorary naming followed years of advocacy by supporters seeking to rename a street in Chavez’s honor.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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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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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.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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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,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Oct. 2021
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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rename. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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