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old identity

British  

noun

  1. a person known for a long time in the one locality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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