rechristen
Americanverb (used with object)
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Army base in North Carolina that is among the world's largest military installations, was formally renamed Fort Liberty on Friday, part of a broader effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2023
Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
The shareholders made a suggestion of their own: remove Mike Maltby and rechristen the company Haven Media.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
The Senate, spurred by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, is now weighing whether it should rechristen the building to honor Senator John McCain, who died Saturday.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2018
I was thinking only the other day as we drove through Viale Lorenzo the Magnificent that it would be appropriate for a grateful city to rechristen our street Viale Aurora the Magnificent.”
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Best Companies of the Future was rechristened Best Companies for the Future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
As the decade wore on, Aspinall rechristened the project as “The Long and Winding Road,” refining the documentary’s scope as he accrued rare audio and footage associated with the Beatles’ unparalleled story.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
Alaskapox, a virus discovered in 2015 that has since sickened seven people, has been rechristened borealpox.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 10, 2024
The save-the-hotel foundation was rechristened the Hotel Pennsylvania Preservation Society, which soon sent Vornado a detailed proposal for restoring the hotel to its former glory.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
But he moved into our neighborhood the same year I started taking piano lessons, and we'd duly rechristened him Southside.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
There’s a lot to like about this rechristening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ruto has acknowledged the rechristening trend, joking recently that Kenyans are "finishing" him with the numerous labels.
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
Some diners in Taiwan were able to get some free sushi this week by officially changing their names, but the flood of rechristening requests has one local official begging people to stop.
From Fox News ● Mar. 19, 2021
After Dulwich Hamlet won their playoff game, somebody picked it out for history, this moment, this traffic island; a corrugated plastic sign was cable-tied to a lamppost, rechristening the site “Promotion Roundabout”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2018
Everything that rechristening could do, however, was done to make Cape Breton French.
From The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by William Charles Henry Wood
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