old identity
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Did that mean you were going to work with your old identity?
From Slate • Jun. 2, 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
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
"I think it's really important in that transition between young woman to mother that people are actually allowed to grieve the loss of their old identity."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2019
Ben, it’s important to strip yourself of your old identity entirely, so you can commit yourself to a new one.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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