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reinvent

[ree-in-vent] / ˌri ɪnˈvɛnt /


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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

"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

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

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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