as in to remove
to change the place or position of
she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax
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Recent Examples of reposition
Off-Market Advantages: Precision And Protection Some of the advantages of off-market real estate deals include direct negotiation and confidentiality, the speed of execution without bidding wars and access to special situations, such as partially letting or repositioning corporate portfolios.
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Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Principle 2: Reposition, don’t abandon Instead of abandoning your investment strategy during downturns, consider repositioning your portfolio to adapt to evolving conditions.
—Christian Binger, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Airlines are repositioning in-flight wine as an essential part of the passenger experience rather than an afterthought.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Telling one’s story in one’s own understanding, reclaiming it, repositions refugees as actants and not just passive victims of violent historical currents.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
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Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Principle 2: Reposition, don’t abandon Instead of abandoning your investment strategy during downturns, consider repositioning your portfolio to adapt to evolving conditions.
—Christian Binger, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Airlines are repositioning in-flight wine as an essential part of the passenger experience rather than an afterthought.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Telling one’s story in one’s own understanding, reclaiming it, repositions refugees as actants and not just passive victims of violent historical currents.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reposition
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Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials removed the alligators, allowing divers to recover a deceased male from the vehicle.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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After spending his childhood in Minnesota, his family relocated to Orlando.—
Avery Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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The caravan then relocated to the stadium’s Downtown Gate near the 110 Freeway.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Employees are held to high speed standards, with some scanning up to 1,200 items an hour to keep lines moving.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will decide where to transfer the 13 sea turtles — potential new locations include Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach and Zoo Miami.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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In a strategic move, President Donald Trump has ordered that Greenland be transferred from the U.S. European Command to the U.S. Northern Command, tightening America’s grip on Arctic defense at a time of escalating global conflict.—
Jasmine Baehr , Liz Friden,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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Temperatures above 75 to 80°F can trigger bolting, at which point the plants shift their energy into flowering and stop producing new foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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Fast-forward to today, and much of that trust has shifted to social media influencers and vocal business leaders who shape opinions and drive purchasing decisions.—
Nitin Gupta,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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“Reposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reposition. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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