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reinvent

[ree-in-vent] / ˌri ɪnˈvɛnt /


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“The people who are leaving Hawaii are the very people we need to stay to reinvent the economy,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Andrea, a 32-year-old mother who declined to give her surname because she felt ashamed of her predicament, tried to reinvent herself by starting a catering business after the stationary shop where she worked shut down.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The European champions haven't tried to reinvent the wheel with this kit, but it oozes class.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Just as an embryo retraces much of the human evolutionary past, so budding artists reinvent the first stages of art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

"Paris is alive, Paris is green, Paris is proud, Paris stands in solidarity, Paris is working class, Paris is feminist. It reinvents itself each generation," he said.

From Barron's Mar. 15, 2026

When Guardiola reinvents his system, changes are made based on the players he has rather than a predetermined idea of what system he wants to play.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

From Mark Twain to John Steinbeck, every generation reinvents the King Arthur legend for itself.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2024

The Scottish comedian, actor and musician lived here off and on for several years, enough to be able to say, “I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2023

By imitating del Verrocchio, by immersing himself in the busy life of the workshop, Leonardo learns how to paint—and then reinvents how to paint.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

We reinvented our media model, focusing more on social content and more frequent, creative and higher-quality creatives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Jackson is a former social conservative who has reinvented himself into what he calls a “pickup-truck progressive.”

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

"I was a ballet dancer so I just took my dance clothes and reinvented it. Hunger was the best sauce."

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

He has since reinvented himself as a business-oriented leader and a favourite on the international scene, recently hosting French President Emmanuel Macron for a major African summit.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Zeitoun had reinvented the word “really,” prefacing a good deal of his sentences with “Really?” as a kind of throat-clearer.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

“Part of the beauty of that world is that it keeps reinventing itself. Every season being a new story takes on a different guise,” Coughlan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

"It isn't about saving something to preserve it. It is about reinventing something to give it the purpose and vision it needs to last," he added.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

As high costs push workers away from Miami and Orlando, a sprawling community is reinventing itself as a middle-class haven.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Where Newcomen had put two and two together to make the steam engine, Desaguliers, in order to explain its working, has taken them apart again, reinventing Papin’s atmospheric wind-gun.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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