reinvent
verb (used with object)
to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
had reinvented
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past perfectof reinvent.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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TalkTV broadcaster Mark Dolan noted how the man known as the "piranha of the airwaves" had "reinvented the phone-in format in the UK - with stunning success".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
Also in the room was Kim Kardashian, the reality television star who had reinvented herself as a criminal justice advocate.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Heidi Horten met her husband long after World War II when he had reinvented himself as a supermarket king during the German economic miracle of the postwar years.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Her onetime friend Pauline had reinvented herself as Hilary Nathan and was living in England, where she became deputy headmistress at a special-needs school.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
In each case it felt as if we had reinvented what a newspaper series could be.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
