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Recent Examples of rename
The section of the street the shop is on was renamed Billy Joel Way in 2023.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
After Tibbs’ death in 1990, the yearly Casey Tibbs Roundup was renamed the Ramona Rodeo.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
If President Donald Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, why can’t Josh Kraft get his father to rename the Patriots?
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
An oasis of green amid the city’s concrete and brick, hustle and bustle, it was afterward renamed the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, in honor of the landscape architect who created it.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
After Tibbs’ death in 1990, the yearly Casey Tibbs Roundup was renamed the Ramona Rodeo.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
If President Donald Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, why can’t Josh Kraft get his father to rename the Patriots?
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
An oasis of green amid the city’s concrete and brick, hustle and bustle, it was afterward renamed the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, in honor of the landscape architect who created it.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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Once a new blacktop coating is in place, the counterfeiter relabels the parts by printing new text onto the blacktop coating, and the recycled parts are ready to sell.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Sep. 2013
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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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And 400,000 more will lose coverage due to impacts of the law — nicknamed the One Big Beautiful Bill — which was backed by Congressional Republicans.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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As the ball trickled into center field, Lindor, nicknamed Mr. Smile and known for carrying a consistently upbeat personality, crouched down and hung his head.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
10 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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