old identity
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Did that mean you were going to work with your old identity?
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2023
By the time of the Perth and Kinross by-election, Scotland was rediscovering an old identity.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
And reversing that course and rediscovering some of their old identity may be as important as anything else for the Seahawks on Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Yago pivots quickly and handily from his old identity — chiropractors are officially useless now — as if captivity had awakened something paternal, domestic, and even upbeat in him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Ben, it’s important to strip yourself of your old identity entirely, so you can commit yourself to a new one.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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