rechristen

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Recent Examples of rechristen Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 July 2021 While the president this week decried efforts to rechristen U.S. military bases named for Confederate generals, the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday decided to add a bipartisan provision to the Pentagon's annual spending bill that would begin the process of renaming those installations. Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020 The two chambers had to reconcile the bills, though, giving Trump the opportunity to turn up his pressure campaign on Republicans to nix the effort to rechristen those select bases. Tom Benning, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020 Another is that the company actually may want to completely rechristen itself in hopes of leaving past problems behind and rebooting its corporate image. Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021 The trustees of Clemson University last year voted to rechristen Tillman Hall, named for the proudly racist politician of a century ago. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2021 That’s what the city of Franklin is planning to rechristen its downtown district, which includes the new waterpark, in an effort to capture some of the energy and history inherent in its riverfront setting. BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2021 By 1886, developers Thomas L. Marsalis and John S. Armstrong seized the opportunity to purchase 320 acres south of the Trinity and rechristen Hord’s Ridge into Oak Cliff. Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rechristen
Verb
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is suing Google for renaming the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America for Maps users in the US, CBS News reports.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
  • Twice in the past three months, the White House has taken interest — and action — in unilaterally renaming some of the world's bodies of water.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Up to $154 million will be spent by the food industry over the next decade to relabel their products with the new box, the FDA estimates.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To better align with production schedules, Outdoor Retailer will move its traditional winter show to November starting in 2023 and relabel it the Winter Market.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • Its daily offering of German propaganda resulted in it being nicknamed Le Soir Volé (The Stolen Soir).
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2025
  • Before even suiting up for a single WNBA game, Bueckers, nicknamed Paige Buckets, has helped propel the explosive growth and popularity of women’s basketball.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 5 May 2025

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“Rechristen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rechristen. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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