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What's next: Wells Fargo Arena will be renamed Casey's Center starting July 1.
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Jason Clayworth, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Can Trump rename the Gulf? Mr. Trump, as president, could press for changes to geographical names as they are used in the United States.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
It would be renamed the Hurst fire shortly thereafter.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The only part of the Dylan story that gets short shrift in the film is the role that his girlfriend Suze Rotolo (renamed Sylvie in the film, portrayed by Elle Fanning) played in his artistic development.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jason Clayworth, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Can Trump rename the Gulf? Mr. Trump, as president, could press for changes to geographical names as they are used in the United States.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
It would be renamed the Hurst fire shortly thereafter.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The only part of the Dylan story that gets short shrift in the film is the role that his girlfriend Suze Rotolo (renamed Sylvie in the film, portrayed by Elle Fanning) played in his artistic development.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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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
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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
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In the meantime, the player nicknamed Kvaradona has seen peripheral players such as centre-back Rafa Marin, a signing from Real Madrid Castilla, and the surplus-to-requirements Michael Folorunsho, who spent last season on loan with Hellas Verona, make the same money as him.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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France’s new finance minister, the experienced Eric Lombard (banker, economist – newly nicknamed as ‘Spider-Man’) has relaunched the budget process that will determine the survival of the ‘Bayrou’ government, and potentially Emmanuel Macron himself.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis.—
Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
16 July 2021
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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
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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rename. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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