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
In the years since, Victoria’s Secret has attempted to reposition itself by partnering with a wider range of celebrities.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
On the other hand, Hyper Beam can deliver its might from far enough that the opponent will have to reposition themselves before attacking.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Dolan has repositioned the company around its niche streaming offerings, and pursued a strategy built around making its content and IP as widely accessible as possible.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The speaker is twice as large and nearly four times louder than before, while the microphone has been repositioned for clearer communication.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
On the other hand, Hyper Beam can deliver its might from far enough that the opponent will have to reposition themselves before attacking.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Dolan has repositioned the company around its niche streaming offerings, and pursued a strategy built around making its content and IP as widely accessible as possible.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The speaker is twice as large and nearly four times louder than before, while the microphone has been repositioned for clearer communication.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reposition
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Sitakes landed in the Bay Area briefly before relocating to Provo to be closer to extended family.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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During an April 2024 interview with Vanity Fair Spain, Richard opened up about why the pair made the decision to relocate to Spain, where his wife is originally from.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Green’s 49-yard run scramble moved the Razorbacks to the Texas A&M 39 just before the 2-minute timeout of the fourth quarter.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Calderhead focuses on the British tactic, enacted two days after the initial attack, of moving their fleet into Flushing Bay to anchor for the night.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Holt, who has six cases pending in federal court over civil rights violation claims, said as soon as he was transferred, the state began trying to get the cases dismissed as moot, citing his relocation to West Virginia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Statistics shared on their website shows that only approximately 2 million dogs were adopted last year, 554,000 were returned to their owner, 524,000 were transferred to other organizations, and 334,000 were euthanized.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The concern is now shifted to faster growth deceleration and potentially larger CPI headwinds.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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After the arrests, power shifted toward Daniel.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Reposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reposition. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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