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
At one point, the woman repositioned her vehicle to obscure the view up the driveway from photographers standing across the street.
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Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
DiamondRock Hospitality Company purchased both the Orchards Inn and L'Auberge de Sedona in 2017, and repositioned the inn as part of L'Auberge with the renovation.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The patient is put under anesthesia while a surgeon repositions fragmented bones with plates and screws.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
He was replaced last October by Elliott Hill, who had retired after 32 years with the company, and returned to help reposition the business and regain the market share lost to competitors such as Hoka and On in the running space while supercharging its innovation engine.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
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Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
DiamondRock Hospitality Company purchased both the Orchards Inn and L'Auberge de Sedona in 2017, and repositioned the inn as part of L'Auberge with the renovation.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The patient is put under anesthesia while a surgeon repositions fragmented bones with plates and screws.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
He was replaced last October by Elliott Hill, who had retired after 32 years with the company, and returned to help reposition the business and regain the market share lost to competitors such as Hoka and On in the running space while supercharging its innovation engine.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reposition
Verb
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Officials urge residents to take precautions like using insect repellent and removing standing water.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Yet, Barclays’ Venkateshwar expects the environment will likely get more difficult for the wireless carrier in the future, as the entire sector deals with elevated churn — the pace at which customers are added and removed.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sadly, the effort to relocate those mice turned out to be a daily routine with no foreseeable end.—
Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Home prices in Riyadh have spiked in recent years as job creation attracted a flood of expats and encouraged many Saudis to relocate from other parts of the country.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Univisión moved the Premios Juventud to Panama and the Latin Grammys to Las Vegas, after hosting the 2024 event here.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The station chief was transferred to another country and has since retired, former officials said.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Washington began transferring the Cuban refugees detained in Guantánamo into the United States at the rate of approximately 500 people per day, in order of medical priority and, subsequently, according to a lottery system.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Grace Tucker The school year is in full swing at universities across the region, but the latest enrollment numbers show the demographic of some campuses, including at the University of Cincinnati, has shifted significantly.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Powell said a sharp cooldown of hiring over the summer had shifted the balance of risks toward greater concern over the labor market rather than inflation.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Reposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reposition. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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