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
The shareholders made a suggestion of their own: remove Mike Maltby and rechristen the company Haven Media.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Maybe its time to rechristen Jackson as the King of Horror?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2017
The "Age of Moral Innocence" I should rechristen Hergesheimer's book.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
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
Kutler found herself watching the newly rechristened MS NOW on a TV in a hospital room as she received chemotherapy treatments every few weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Alaskapox, a virus discovered in 2015 that has since sickened seven people, has been rechristened borealpox.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 10, 2024
Outfitted with updated gear and rechristened the FSO Safer, it was moored in the Red Sea.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
In honor of his family motto, “By endurance we conquer,” Shackleton rechristened the ship Endurance.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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
In poems such as By the Golf Course, Vega viciously pokes fun at Miami, though he refuses to call it by its name, rechristening it: Playa Albina, or Albino Beach.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2015
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 Ian Hay
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