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Recent Examples of rename
Other big stories ➤ An Arizona lawmaker wants to rename Loop 202 for Charlie Kirk.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Can Trump legally rename the DOD?
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The pressure to have an answer for the agentic AI moment is causing some companies to rename features or chase AI agents to stay on trend, often merely creating thin layers of agents on top of foundation models.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Moore was one of the City Council members who pushed for Chicago to rename Lake Shore Drive to DuSable Lake Shore Drive in 2021.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Can Trump legally rename the DOD?
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The pressure to have an answer for the agentic AI moment is causing some companies to rename features or chase AI agents to stay on trend, often merely creating thin layers of agents on top of foundation models.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Moore was one of the City Council members who pushed for Chicago to rename Lake Shore Drive to DuSable Lake Shore Drive in 2021.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
Verb
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Willis also said the FDA's efforts to relabel leucovorin is premature.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Shippers then relabel the country of origin before selling it on to independent refineries in China.—
Cecilia Hult,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Sydney in the eighties was sometimes called the San Francisco of the Southern Hemisphere, known for its drag clubs and bathhouses dotting a downtown strip nicknamed the Golden Mile.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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What the franchise does not have, at least not for the time being, is a team nickname unencumbered by legal red tape.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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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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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rename. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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