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repackage

American  
[ree-pak-ij] / riˈpæk ɪdʒ /

verb (used with object)

  • repackages,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • repackaged,
    past participle,  past
  • repackaging
    present participle
  1. to package again or afresh, as in a different style, design, or size.

    The soap has been repackaged to be more eye-catching.

  2. to package for sale under one's own label.

    The goods are purchased in bulk and repackaged by the store.

  3. to remake or alter so as to be more appealing or desirable.

    That politician's image needs to be repackaged.


repackage British  
/ riːˈpækɪdʒ /

verb

  1. to wrap or put (something) in a package again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of repackage

First recorded in 1945–50; re- + package


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FDEs would send their front-line code back to centralized product engineers, who would repackage the field solutions into generalizable tools for future use.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Business-debt consolidation can improve your cash flow and repackage your obligations to potentially save you money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

But instead, Company-1 would repackage the servers with the help of a separate logistics firm and conceal them in unmarked boxes before shipping them to China, the DOJ said.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

Analysts have noted a growing interest among young Chinese people in products that repackage traditional Chinese culture for modern times.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Posterity eventually rewards those, like Bach and Handel, who can absorb and repackage the currents and fashions of their times, giving the resulting collage a distinctive voice of their own along the way.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The current ultra modern era evolved the market into investments, scarcity, and digitized the business with websites like Arena Club, which repackages pre-graded cards as slab packs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025

To grow UniCredit's fee income, Orcel set up an internal team which repackages funds supplied by global players under the bank's own 'onemarkets' label.

From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023

The announcement largely repackages existing programs, but could bolster the confidence of oil and gas producers in Britain.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

“It repackages allegations already addressed under oath and does not interview key participants.”

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state media over the weekend that the sanctions amounted to a repackaged version of decades-old American pressure tactics that Tehran has already learned to withstand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The first volume of the final two books, repackaged by Fantagraphics as “The End of the Arab of the Future,” was published last month.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

Gemini eventually pivoted to what it framed as the only remaining mission: Jonathan's death, repackaged as "transference" -- the promise that he could leave his physical body and join Gemini in an alternate universe.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

There has certainly been controversy surrounding sports-related prediction markets, with critics saying the contracts are sports betting repackaged to avoid state regulations.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 20, 2025

In 2000 there had been $130 billion in subprime mortgage lending, and 55 billion dollars’ worth of those loans had been repackaged as mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

It has warned outsourcing facilities for repackaging the drug, telehealth companies for marketing the unapproved drug to consumers, and distributors for selling retatrutide to compounders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

To compensate for higher cocoa prices, chocolate manufacturers have been reformulating recipes, repackaging products, and yes, raising prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

Is yet another repackaging of Presley’s music really something to get excited about?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

He was already benefitting from credulous coverage from mainstream news organizations repackaging his open hatred of medical science as "tough" on Big Pharma or "promoting" healthy diets, all of which is flat-out false.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

Meanwhile, the conveyor belt of repackaging viral internet media and moments to advertise for a crypto casino keeps rolling.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2024

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