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reinvent

[ree-in-vent] / ˌri ɪnˈvɛnt /


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"Whilst America has offered them a more peaceful retreat ... they've struggled to reinvent themselves in a dynamic way."

From Barron's Aug. 23, 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

SaaS companies are under immense pressure to reinvent themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Thus, European potters had to reinvent Chinese manufacturing methods for themselves, but they were stimulated to do so by having models of the desired product before them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Nolan reinvents him as a naive young soldier left outside the horse to sell Odysseus’ deception.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

"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

From Mark Twain to John Steinbeck, every generation reinvents the King Arthur legend for itself.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2024

While Venia reinvents my eyebrows and Octavia gives me fake nails and Flavius massages goo into my hair, I hear all about the Capitol.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The man responsible for delivering Glasgow 2026 said the city had "saved and reinvented" the Commonwealth Games, three years after its future was plunged into doubt.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

IBM has reinvented itself many times, transitioning from tabulators and time clocks in its earliest days to personal computers, mainframes and supercomputers and later AI and hybrid cloud computing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Jackson is a former social conservative who has reinvented himself into what he calls a “pickup-truck progressive.”

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

He has since reinvented himself as a business-oriented leader and a favourite on the international scene, recently hosting French President Emmanuel Macron for a major African summit.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

She reinvented herself with powders, creams, and glosses.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

“Part of the beauty of that world is that it keeps reinventing itself. Every season being a new story takes on a different guise,” Coughlan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

In the aftermath of her time on “The X Files,” Anderson moved to London, both because she longed for the city where she partially grew up and for a chance at reinventing herself professionally.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

As AI threatens to make the billable hour obsolete, professional-services firms wrestle with reinventing how they charge clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Yet even for a place that’s constantly reinventing itself, raves were mostly uncharted terrain.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

I realized that by reinventing culture, they were reinventing themselves.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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