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reinvent

[ree-in-vent] / ˌri ɪnˈvɛnt /


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Named as Bottega Veneta's creative director in 2021, he helped reinvent the Italian leather goods brand, earning him the nickname the "magician of Milan".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Miami is an area in which Carnegie Mellon can reinvent not only what students learn, but how they learn,” said Farnam Jahanian, president of Carnegie Mellon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As described by Channel 4, the two groups are "surrounded by the remnants of modern life" and they must "recycle, reuse and reinvent anything of use to improve their lives".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“When you go through something like that,” he says, “you really start taking inventory of your life. There’s something about that that frees you up to take a risk. I was ready to reinvent myself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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

She reinvents herself repeatedly, moving around North America and ultimately to Paris, but wherever she goes she runs into people from the party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The orchestra’s vast ambition reaches into — and often reinvents — music education, pop music, film music, Latino culture, visual arts, theater, architecture, classical music, opera and avant-garde new music.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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

Holz: It is an execution story at this point, as the company kind of reinvents itself with a number of difficult-to-predict crosscurrents in the background.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

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

Along the way, they reinvented stadium concerts with the Zoo TV tour, whose stage was crammed full of multimedia screens and satellite feeds, while Bono made nightly prank calls to the White House.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

He has since reinvented himself as a man of the people, melding a relaxed, folksy style with slick social media videos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026

Some of his operas even reinvented Germany’s medieval past.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

"It isn't about saving something to preserve it. It is about reinventing something to give it the purpose and vision it needs to last," he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

As high costs push workers away from Miami and Orlando, a sprawling community is reinventing itself as a middle-class haven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Lehigh Acres is now reinventing itself,” Welch said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

She was reinventing her life, rewriting her story.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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