rename
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Some top tech leaders have already started to use the new name, including multi-billionaire Elon Musk, who said on social media on Sunday that he will rename his firm's AI platform SpaceXAI as SpaceXSI.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison said he would rename his combined company Skydance after acquiring Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In May, a federal judge said that only Congress could rename the center and temporarily blocked Trump’s plan to close it for a $257 million renovation.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
US federal judge Christopher Cooper previously ordered Trump's name removed from the exterior and overturned the board's decision to rename the institution.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The city had decided to issue a formal apology to her grandmother, and were holding a ceremony to rename City Hall in her honor.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
But it was renamed by the International Olympic Committee in 2014 to acknowledge the broader range of symptoms of energy deficiency and that it also harms male athletes.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In neighbouring Romania, a park in the capital Bucharest where extension work is being carried out is also to be renamed after Trump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I saw little Mickey Gubitosi, a child actor, who was renamed Bobby Blake by MGM Studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Loui has since regained control of the company and renamed it PacMar.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
She did not know they had renamed kwashiorkor after the British prime minister, but her amusement dissipated when she went to Adanna’s room.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
People are smashing Flock cameras on the street, renaming the A.I.-powered Meta Ray-Bans as “pervert glasses,” and starting widespread rumors about who is secretly using your data to train their A.I. models.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
His post of the map did not include a caption and preceded a flurry of posts of maps renaming the US state of New Mexico as "New America".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The council’s unanimous vote directs city officials to begin the process of renaming the five-acre plaza near the Biltmore Hotel as Biddy Mason Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
It made her feel foolish, but she was aware that in renaming her he had claimed her somehow, already made her his own.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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