reinvent
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Building on her fame, in the mid-’70s Parton decided to reinvent herself by reaching beyond the confines of country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Whilst America has offered them a more peaceful retreat ... they've struggled to reinvent themselves in a dynamic way."
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 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
And yet it had not been possible to reinvent himself fully, to break from that mismatched name.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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"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
Natalie Portman stars as Maddie Schwartz, a Jewish housewife who leaves her family and reinvents herself as an investigative journalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
From Mark Twain to John Steinbeck, every generation reinvents the King Arthur legend for itself.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
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
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The man responsible for delivering Glasgow 2026 said the city had "saved and reinvented" the Commonwealth Games, three years after its future was plunged into doubt.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Jackson is a former social conservative who has reinvented himself into what he calls a “pickup-truck progressive.”
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
Each generation reinvented the farm without erasing its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Her daughter was always off and away in her mind, grappling with some unspoken, self-imposed problem, as though the weary, self-evident world could be reinvented by a child.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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He isn’t reinventing this music as radically as have, say, pianists Fred Hersch, Jason Moran and Alexander von Schlippenbach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the aftermath of her time on “The X Files,” Anderson moved to London, both because she longed for the city where she partially grew up and for a chance at reinventing herself professionally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
It feels like we’re reinventing ourselves every year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I had been so busy sitting there moping and feeling lonely that I’d nearly forgotten my commitment—well, plan, at least—to try reinventing myself this year, to not be such an outcast.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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