reinvent
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Building on her fame, in the mid-’70s Parton decided to reinvent herself by reaching beyond the confines of country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Andrea, a 32-year-old mother who declined to give her surname because she felt ashamed of her predicament, tried to reinvent herself by starting a catering business after the stationary shop where she worked shut down.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The European champions haven't tried to reinvent the wheel with this kit, but it oozes class.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The women’s willingness to learn new skills and reinvent themselves helped many of them save their jobs.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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"Paris is alive, Paris is green, Paris is proud, Paris stands in solidarity, Paris is working class, Paris is feminist. It reinvents itself each generation," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
When Guardiola reinvents his system, changes are made based on the players he has rather than a predetermined idea of what system he wants to play.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
But perhaps his most powerful facet is that of a man who builds bridges, pushes others and constantly reinvents himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
From Mark Twain to John Steinbeck, every generation reinvents the King Arthur legend for itself.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
By imitating del Verrocchio, by immersing himself in the busy life of the workshop, Leonardo learns how to paint—and then reinvents how to paint.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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He’s someone who’s reinvented himself over and over and over again — done records that are very different than the record before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Jackson is a former social conservative who has reinvented himself into what he calls a “pickup-truck progressive.”
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
Each generation reinvented the farm without erasing its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Since taking the France job in 2012, Didier Deschamps has continually reinvented his sides and got the most from France's huge pool of talent.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Some of his operas even reinvented Germany’s medieval past.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Recording interviews and editing at home, for example, have been some of the ways to make this work but adapting and reinventing have always been part of my journalistic career.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
However, reinventing Beethoven at the Bowl, doing so following Dudamel and with little rehearsal time, could easily become a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Lehigh Acres is now reinventing itself,” Welch said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I realized that by reinventing culture, they were reinventing themselves.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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