reinvent
verb
re·in·vent
ˌrē-ən-ˈvent 
reinvented; reinventing; reinvents
1
: to make as if for the first time something already invented
reinvent the wheel
2
: to remake or redo completely
3
: to bring into use again
Examples of reinvent in a Sentence
The candidate promised to reinvent Social Security.
chefs who reinvent regional favorites using exotic ingredients
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Lukas Reichel might have to reinvent himself as something like the next Michael Frolík to have a long career in Chicago.
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Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The songs have not been reinvented or seemingly dabbled with.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Image Friedman largely abandoned the music business for decades, initially to kick a cocaine habit and then to reinvent himself in the mid-1980s as an author of detective novels.
—Daniel Taub, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
There is a somewhat complicating factor in the free agency of Hoffman, who began his major league career in Colorado as a starting pitcher before reinventing himself as a reliever in Cincinnati.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The songs have not been reinvented or seemingly dabbled with.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Image Friedman largely abandoned the music business for decades, initially to kick a cocaine habit and then to reinvent himself in the mid-1980s as an author of detective novels.
—Daniel Taub, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
There is a somewhat complicating factor in the free agency of Hoffman, who began his major league career in Colorado as a starting pitcher before reinventing himself as a reliever in Cincinnati.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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reinvent
verb
re·in·vent
ˌrē-ən-ˈvent
1
: to make as if for the first time something already invented
reinvent the wheel
2
: to remake or redo completely
reinvented his musical style
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