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Recent Examples of rename
Listen to this article San Diego plans to rename a Clairemont park in honor of San Diego police Officer Austin Machitar, who died last year when a fleeing driver crashed into his patrol car in the neighborhood last year.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
The combined company will rename itself to Cox Communications but keep Spectrum as its consumer-facing identity, much as Comcast leans on its Xfinity moniker.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
Even though there is a lot of freedom about choosing new names for species, there are very strict rules about renaming them, and the beetle Anophthalmus hitleri did not meet those criteria.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Plenty of motels have moved from budget to boutique, often renaming themselves as inns, lodges or hotels and capitalizing on their vintage looks.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
The combined company will rename itself to Cox Communications but keep Spectrum as its consumer-facing identity, much as Comcast leans on its Xfinity moniker.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
Even though there is a lot of freedom about choosing new names for species, there are very strict rules about renaming them, and the beetle Anophthalmus hitleri did not meet those criteria.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Plenty of motels have moved from budget to boutique, often renaming themselves as inns, lodges or hotels and capitalizing on their vintage looks.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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Up to $154 million will be spent by the food industry over the next decade to relabel their products with the new box, the FDA estimates.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2025
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To better align with production schedules, Outdoor Retailer will move its traditional winter show to November starting in 2023 and relabel it the Winter Market.—
Julie Jag,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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It’s spent about five months exploring an area nicknamed Witch Hazel Hill.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The capsule of unique pieces, nicknamed Capricudi, a crasis of Capri and Alicudi, will be exclusively available at the brand’s flagship stores.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
22 May 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 5 Jun. 2025.
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