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Changing the March 31 holiday name within the county follows suit with the state's decision to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The idea to rename Brooklyn Avenue after Chavez was raised by Molina, just a week after his death in April 1993.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Other United Farm Workers movement leaders like Huerta or Eliseo Medina are also possible options if the city looks to rename the bridge or stretch of Columbus Drive.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Latino leaders led efforts to rename Industrial Boulevard, but the City Council ultimately settled on Riverfront Boulevard in lieu of tying it up with the Trinity River Corridor Project.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The idea to rename Brooklyn Avenue after Chavez was raised by Molina, just a week after his death in April 1993.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Other United Farm Workers movement leaders like Huerta or Eliseo Medina are also possible options if the city looks to rename the bridge or stretch of Columbus Drive.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Latino leaders led efforts to rename Industrial Boulevard, but the City Council ultimately settled on Riverfront Boulevard in lieu of tying it up with the Trinity River Corridor Project.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 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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For several years now, The Rookie fans have been enthralled by the slow-burn romance between show’s most popular couple, Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) and Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil), nickname Chenford.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Mushroom House, so nicknamed for its shape, has become a tourist attraction as well as the subject of many social media posts and a hot spot for graffiti and vandalism.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 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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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 4 Apr. 2026.
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