Thesaurus results for RENAME

rename

verb

Definition of rename

as in to relabel

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Recent Examples of rename In the ensuing months, the White House, federal courts, and Washington preservationists have been locked in a legal standoff over where the authority to rename the center lies. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Local governments, including within Sacramento County, have taken similar steps, including efforts to rename parks and other public spaces bearing Chavez's name. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The Fort Worth City Council approved a $125 million incentive package for the project in June 2025, followed by an October 2025 vote to rename the street in front of the development in its honor. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026 The company had announced plans to separate its DVD-by-mail business from streaming and rename the DVD service Qwikster. — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences 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
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

Definition of relabel

Verb

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
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