How to Use redefine in a Sentence
redefine
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Democrats and the broad left have to take it back and redefine it.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
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Piana No Time to Waist Raised and cinched: the midriff has been redefined.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
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He’s one of the greats of this game and continues to redefine his game.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2022
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Pins & Aces is a golf brand that's redefining the game with its clever and stylish products.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Since the textile mills closed in the 1980s, the town has grappled to redefine itself.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
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Ronaldo, 38, and Messi, 36, rewrote the record books, redefined greatness and took the sport to new plateaus.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
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The music world has lost a true icon: Anita Lane, the Bad Seed who helped redefine the spirit of evil in rock & roll.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2021
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So do The Aristocrats, who — at their best — redefine the range and depth of rock power-trios.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2021
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But once again Brooks may have to redefine what winning looks like.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
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When an ex-lover becomes ill, BJ is forced to redefine his life.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
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What other country would feel the need to redefine itself in such a way?
—William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
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Y’all hate on this truck even though this redefines what trucking should have been.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 July 2024
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Those shows that do best are those that define or redefine form.
—William Earl, Variety, 27 Aug. 2022
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Consider using the first month of the year to redefine what success means to you.
—Kailyn Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
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Or power-pop as Smoking Popes and Weezer did their best to redefine it in the '90s.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
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She's taken a muted approach to her return to the sport she's spent the last decade redefining.
—CBS News, 5 Aug. 2023
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One of the intentions was to redefine protest art, to some degree.
—Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 24 Feb. 2021
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More than this, Bhatt wants to help redefine Southern food.
—G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
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At Loewe, they were given a very (very) high waist and replaced suit pants, redefining the lines of the officewear trend.
—Alexandre Marain, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
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And if the sacred can be thus redefined then everything is up for grabs.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
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The Bulls won the third quarter Saturday night against the Miami Heat, using a 28-23 run to take their first lead of the night and redefine the rhythm of the game.
—Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2021
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Now is a time to embrace that nostalgia and, in some ways, redefine it.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
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Like for so many others living in Italy, some mix of rules and best practices had come to redefine my life.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
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More complex is that fans would have to redefine what success looks like.
—New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
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So Will, how could this case redefine the whole Antifa movement?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
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The new deal could even let passengers take Zoom calls from the skies, once again redefining what remote work looks like.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
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The time is right to redefine the manifesto as personal for the present moment.
—Charlotte Burgess Auburn, Quartz, 11 Nov. 2022
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Someday soon, the Sky will need to redefine themselves without Vandersloot,33, and Quigley, 36.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
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This is a time to redefine your ambitions — just be wary of falling for illusions or promises that sound too good to be true.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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In an era where streaming platforms dictate audience habits and algorithms drive content discovery, film festivals have had to redefine their purpose.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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