How to Use reinvent in a Sentence
reinvent
verb- The candidate promised to reinvent Social Security.
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Was there back and forth over what to nod to and what to reinvent?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
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To reinvent the shooter in the present, the team had to study Halo’s past.
—Will Bedingfield, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
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September marks the dawn of fall and the urge to reinvent one’s wardrobe.
—Laura Lajiness, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2021
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In the mid-’90s, Al Gilles was a high schooler looking to reinvent the gap in his smile.
—Julian Randall, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021
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Some, like Snider, seem ready to reinvent themselves for the new age.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
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Again, don't get your hopes up that Sonic 2 will reinvent the game-to-film genre.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
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Around 35 years ago, those four words reinvented the concept of the remix.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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First, there were the oil crises of the 1970s, which allowed the IMF to rapidly reinvent itself.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 July 2021
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The line, in a sense, is a nod to everyone who has come to New York to reinvent themselves and chase dreams.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
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Know that whole axiom about not needing to reinvent the wheel?
—Chris Cillizza, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
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Unable to just move on, the shooting forced Oliver and his wife to reinvent their lives.
—Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
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Pitching wise the Guardians have not tried to reinvent themselves.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
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The challenge is going to be taking it up to the next level and reinvent it a bit more.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 June 2022
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In other words, reinvent the engine but not the steering wheel.
—Ravi Mayuram, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
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There aren’t many hitters who can reinvent their game at 37 years old.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2022
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And as more malls take the plunge to reinvent themselves, hitting the aquarium on the way to the food court may just be a way to stay afloat.
—René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 19 May 2021
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A lot of these artists gotta give themselves time to go through a rough period and then come up out of that and reinvent.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2023
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The spot carries on the legacy of the timeless love story that the brand has been reinventing since the launch of the scent in 1988 with Christy Turlington as the face.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
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This is a place where Maggie could have stayed and kept reinventing herself for years to come.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
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This isn’t the only time the 6-foot-7 sophomore guard has had to reinvent himself at halftime.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
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But what’s clear is that Marvel is ready to reinvent Jane and turn her into the Mighty Thor superhero of the comics.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 18 May 2022
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The Maple Terrace project aims to reinvent a piece of Dallas property that dates back to 1925.
—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
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Its nascent plan to reinvent itself is worth watching—if only as a poignant farewell to a freer age.
—Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
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The founder of Chipotle wants to reinvent lunch using robots.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
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The wheel does not need to be reinvented, only improved.
—Steven Phillips, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
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That whole outfit helped me a lot to recreate and reinvent Zemo.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2021
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Now, many are waiting to see how the onetime wiz kid will reinvent himself again.
—Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2022
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In more recent years, a slew of music spots has sprung up as the Strip continues to reinvent itself.
—Edmund Vallance, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
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Contrast that with Netflix, which constantly reinvented itself—from DVD rentals to streaming and then to content creation.
—Michael Shribman, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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