rename
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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The threat -- which Trump backed up with a map featuring the new name -- mirrored his move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America last year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
After receiving complaints last year, the farm had new signs made to rename the ride The Big Tipper, but Campbell-Gray said this caused a "far greater" backlash.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A federal judge previously ruled that the board could not rename the Kennedy Center without congressional approval and blocked an earlier closure plan.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A federal judge ruled in her favor in May, finding only Congress had the authority to rename the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They should rename the Darrow Homes for him.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
When Gracias took over, he renamed the company Resilient Pharmaceuticals and moved its headquarters to Chicago, which is also home to his investment firm Valor Equity Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Moreno renamed the team the Los Angeles Angels two years after he bought them, a ridiculous moniker that made them a national punchline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It also led to a legal dispute between Mexico and tech giant Google, which renamed the gulf in its maps application.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
And earlier this year, the East Tennessee Children's Hospital announced it would be renamed to the Dolly Parton Children's Hospital, after the star partnered with the not-for-profit facility.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The outcome was different in western New Guinea, which Indonesia took over from Holland in 1963 and renamed Irian Jaya province.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
She believes it should be marked with additional signage so that people know it’s there, rather than renaming a World War I memorial in addition to the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
To him, the renaming is "absurd" and "extremely dangerous."
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The renaming has faced pushback in Canada, where one electrical utility company apologised on Sunday for its map displaying the Lake America name.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Finally, here’s a petition we can all get behind: renaming the Nashville airport to Dolly Parton International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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