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
Yago pivots quickly and handily from his old identity — chiropractors are officially useless now — as if captivity had awakened something paternal, domestic, and even upbeat in him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022
Don Draper once spectacularly erased his old identity as Dick Whitman and chose a new one for himself.
From Slate • May 28, 2013
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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