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Two years later, in 1949, Congress renamed the National Military Establishment to the Department of Defense, according to the Pentagon's own history.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2025
Known as ArtCenter/South Florida until it was renamed in 2019, the organization stages exhibitions and events throughout Miami-Dade County, hosts an artists’ residency and art classes at its Lincoln Road headquarters, and offers grants to artists through its awards program the Ellies.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
In the Dominican Republic, dictator Rafael Trujillo went so far as to rename the capital after himself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Dabbling in the drums from a young age, Iggy began playing drums in high school bands like the Iguanas and the Prime Movers before forming the Psychedelic Stooges (later renamed The Stooges) in 1967.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2025
Known as ArtCenter/South Florida until it was renamed in 2019, the organization stages exhibitions and events throughout Miami-Dade County, hosts an artists’ residency and art classes at its Lincoln Road headquarters, and offers grants to artists through its awards program the Ellies.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
In the Dominican Republic, dictator Rafael Trujillo went so far as to rename the capital after himself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Dabbling in the drums from a young age, Iggy began playing drums in high school bands like the Iguanas and the Prime Movers before forming the Psychedelic Stooges (later renamed The Stooges) in 1967.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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Once a new blacktop coating is in place, the counterfeiter relabels the parts by printing new text onto the blacktop coating, and the recycled parts are ready to sell.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Sep. 2013
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Shippers then relabel the country of origin before selling it on to independent refineries in China.—
Cecilia Hult,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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And 400,000 more will lose coverage due to impacts of the law — nicknamed the One Big Beautiful Bill — which was backed by Congressional Republicans.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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As the ball trickled into center field, Lindor, nicknamed Mr. Smile and known for carrying a consistently upbeat personality, crouched down and hung his head.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
10 Aug. 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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