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High above the Arctic Circle in Greenland, the U.S. Space Force Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base to honor and recognize traditional Greenlandic cultural heritage.
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William McQuilkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
The federal aid program formerly known as food stamps was renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, on Oct. 1, 2008.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Last month, the university also made a symbolic bow to White House demands, renaming its diversity, equity and inclusion office.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
The movie was split into two parts; Wicked: Part One was released on Nov. 22, 2024, while the second part, later renamed Wicked: For Good, will debut later in 2025.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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William McQuilkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
The federal aid program formerly known as food stamps was renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, on Oct. 1, 2008.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Last month, the university also made a symbolic bow to White House demands, renaming its diversity, equity and inclusion office.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
The movie was split into two parts; Wicked: Part One was released on Nov. 22, 2024, while the second part, later renamed Wicked: For Good, will debut later in 2025.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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Up to $154 million will be spent by the food industry over the next decade to relabel their products with the new box, the FDA estimates.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2025
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To better align with production schedules, Outdoor Retailer will move its traditional winter show to November starting in 2023 and relabel it the Winter Market.—
Julie Jag,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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One of the critical connections, nicknamed GrANoLA, formed a link between today’s Greater and Lesser Antilles, Viñola López says.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The DeSantis administration is looking to build not one, but two immigration detention camps in Florida — one in the Everglades nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz and the other on a military base in North Florida.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis.—
Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
16 July 2021
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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
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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rename. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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