reinvent
verb (used with object)
to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
is reinventing
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present progressiveof reinvent (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As high costs push workers away from Miami and Orlando, a sprawling community is reinventing itself as a middle-class haven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The movie’s most interesting and topical decision is reinventing Freida Pilkington as a Cybertruck-driving, tech billionaire who wants nothing more than a healthy cash flow, manipulating every animal to keep her money coming in.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Ramsay has found a fellow traveler in Jennifer Lawrence, who, these days post-“Causeway,” is reinventing herself in a focused, fearless register.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
But now, nine months after returning to Russia in a prisoner exchange, Viktor A. Bout is reinventing himself — as a local politician.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
It seems that everyone in this house is reinventing themselves and no one is who they once were.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
