repurpose

Example Sentences

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The partnership, first announced last year, would have allowed Ring users to share footage with Flock-equipped agencies — a development critics said could easily be repurposed for broad surveillance rather than limited use cases.

From Salon

Schools like Caprichosos repurpose old floats and props donated by the wealthier schools from their grand parades.

From Barron's

He describes the planned artwork as "a bit of everybody's grave combined together", a repurposing of stones that would otherwise never be used.

From BBC

I dismantled my sleeping nest to repurpose its branches and hewed off additional ones from nearby trees.

From Literature

But villagers who repurposed the empty barrels for storing water or food or washing clothes reported rashes, vomiting and other symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal