rename
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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The Seneca Nation is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” arguing that the move disregards centuries of Indigenous history and the United States’ treaty obligations.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mexico has rejected the name change, arguing a single country cannot rename a shared body of international water.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
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
Janie was always trying to get Mom to rename her veterinary clinic something else.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
The main airport in Nashville, Tennessee, the home of country music, is to be renamed after one of its brightest stars, the late Dolly Parton who died last month.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
After a bitter split with a partner, he renamed his company Zimmer Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He launched his own publication, Rock & Roll Confidential, which was later renamed Rock & Rap Confidential.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Google, followed by Apple, renamed the Great Lake, which borders New York state and Canada’s Ontario province, for U.S. users.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Agents were now empowered to make arrests and carry firearms, and the department was soon renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
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
Government lawyers argued at a hearing before Cooper on Thursday that the phrasing would not constitute a renaming but rather recognition of Trump's efforts to renovate the building honoring president John F Kennedy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Both the closure and the renaming were halted in a May ruling by Federal District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper who is still overseeing the legal back-and-forth over the center’s fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Plus, I didn’t want English to get benched for something like renaming a play after me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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