rechristen
Americanverb (used with object)
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Army base in North Carolina that is among the world's largest military installations, was formally renamed Fort Liberty on Friday, part of a broader effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2023
Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Another is that the company actually may want to completely rechristen itself in hopes of leaving past problems behind and rebooting its corporate image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
The shareholders made a suggestion of their own: remove Mike Maltby and rechristen the company Haven Media.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
To rechristen my work was out of the question—I should simply have destroyed its individuality.
From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Collins, Wilkie
Only after a fifth brother was added and they rechristened the group Tavares did Capitol re-sign them in 1973.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Alaskapox, a virus discovered in 2015 that has since sickened seven people, has been rechristened borealpox.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 10, 2024
Many streets and localities that bore his name have been rechristened.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
The MASL, meanwhile, born as the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2008 and rechristened six seasons later, has struggled financially and organizationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
But the lab, which was rechristened Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1980, thrived and expanded by exploiting its productive relationship with the Air Force and the Navy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
There’s a lot to like about this rechristening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ruto has acknowledged the rechristening trend, joking recently that Kenyans are "finishing" him with the numerous labels.
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
Some diners in Taiwan were able to get some free sushi this week by officially changing their names, but the flood of rechristening requests has one local official begging people to stop.
From Fox News ● Mar. 19, 2021
After Dulwich Hamlet won their playoff game, somebody picked it out for history, this moment, this traffic island; a corrugated plastic sign was cable-tied to a lamppost, rechristening the site “Promotion Roundabout”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2018
It was the Staff Captain who was responsible for the rechristening of the establishment.
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian
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