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
It would no more do to rechristen it than to banish the ripened old family portraits, or replace the silver-laden mahogany sideboard with less antique things.
From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck
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
Many streets and localities that bore his name have been rechristened.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
“Katrien,” as the family had rechristened her, was posing as the von Woerden’s housemaid—although Nollie confided to me that she had yet so much as to make her own bed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
In poems such as By the Golf Course, Vega viciously pokes fun at Miami, though he refuses to call it by its name, rechristening it: Playa Albina, or Albino Beach.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2015
It was the Staff Captain who was responsible for the rechristening of the establishment.
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
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