as in relocating
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 repositioning
For the past 10-plus years, Lv has been responsible for repositioning Shanghai Fashion Week as a key industry event and a major trade and ordering platform in Asia.
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Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Forward-looking investors are already repositioning assets.
—Amachie Ackah, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Another has been Trane’s repositioning itself as a partner in its customers’ sustainability strategies — even as the emissions from heating and air conditioning split consumers and political leaders.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The challenge for a company that is repositioning itself from the wholesale era of pay-TV to the direct-to-consumer era of today is that the direct relationship with consumers is a two way street.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Leading the charge is CMO Kim Storin, an experienced marketer who joined the company in April, and who led the marketing for repositioning efforts at AMD and IBM.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Lee, of course, has been repositioning our world — always to provocative effect — for close to four decades.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
White House officials and their proxies on the outside have been shameless in repositioning the goalposts so that Trump could declare a win no matter the outcome.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Our findings suggest that the valid knowledge of earlier scientists has since faded or been replaced, repositioning moose as ecological outsiders.
—John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Forward-looking investors are already repositioning assets.
—Amachie Ackah, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Another has been Trane’s repositioning itself as a partner in its customers’ sustainability strategies — even as the emissions from heating and air conditioning split consumers and political leaders.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The challenge for a company that is repositioning itself from the wholesale era of pay-TV to the direct-to-consumer era of today is that the direct relationship with consumers is a two way street.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Leading the charge is CMO Kim Storin, an experienced marketer who joined the company in April, and who led the marketing for repositioning efforts at AMD and IBM.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Lee, of course, has been repositioning our world — always to provocative effect — for close to four decades.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
White House officials and their proxies on the outside have been shameless in repositioning the goalposts so that Trump could declare a win no matter the outcome.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Our findings suggest that the valid knowledge of earlier scientists has since faded or been replaced, repositioning moose as ecological outsiders.
—John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repositioning
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Many global companies are now hiring or relocating leadership roles to their GCC offices in India.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Western and Southern Open was in talks with Charlotte for months about relocating its tournament from Cincinnati, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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The robot vacuum has 8,000Pa suction and a multidirectional floating roller brush with rubber and bristles, which does an excellent job of removing dust and debris from carpets.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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But whereas many abundance advocates typically talk about removing government impediments to growth, such as zoning restrictions, Rodrik focusses on government interventions.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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As Semafor previously reported, many inside the magazine were excited by Guiducci’s arrival, believing the old Vanity Fair was moving too slowly, had fallen too far outside the zeitgeist, and had lost some of its sheen.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tulane University said moving research animals is routine but governed by strict confidentiality agreements to protect the animals’ safety and the parties’ proprietary information.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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While young players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and others are fighting for better pay for their industry-shifting work, college football programs are shelling out $40 million to $50 million payouts to get their underperforming coaches to stop showing up to the office.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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This season, many of China’s rising stars did exactly that — flying from Paris back to Shanghai overnight, shifting seamlessly from runway storytelling to retail strategy.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Williams, an undersized combo forward who carves out space at will and debated turning pro after a first-team All-Big-12 campaign last year, will be the fulcrum of everything after transferring from Texas Tech.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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They've been charged with receiving, transferring and attempting to receive and transfer firearms knowing and having reasonable cause to believe that they would be used to commit terrorism.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Repositioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repositioning. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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