old identity
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022
Los Angeles, he said, needs to let go of its old identity and see itself as a city, not as a disparate collection of neighborhoods, suburbs and urban centers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2021
Now it makes me want to talk louder, to be as far from that old identity and the pain that accompanies it as possible.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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