repackage
Americanverb (used with object)
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repackages,
present (3rd person singular)
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repackaged,
past participle, past
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repackaging
present participle
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to package again or afresh, as in a different style, design, or size.
The soap has been repackaged to be more eye-catching.
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to package for sale under one's own label.
The goods are purchased in bulk and repackaged by the store.
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to remake or alter so as to be more appealing or desirable.
That politician's image needs to be repackaged.
verb
Other Word Forms
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Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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repackagesimple
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repackagessimple
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have repackagedperfect
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has repackagedperfect
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am repackagingprogressive
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are repackagingprogressive
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is repackagingprogressive
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have been repackagingperfect progressive
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has been repackagingperfect progressive
Past
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repackagedsimple
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had repackagedperfect
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was repackagingprogressive
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were repackagingprogressive
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had been repackagingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of repackage
Example Sentences
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While older titles, known as the backlist, do make money, Hurowitz said publishers are missing opportunities to repackage stories for new audiences, sell them for TV and movie adaptations, or expand foreign language rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
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
Some of the price-cutting repackages an old playbook for retailers: When consumers feel pinched, the retailers sell products in smaller sizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
“It repackages allegations already addressed under oath and does not interview key participants.”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
Blair Calder, the owner of Meal Kit Supply in Buffalo, buys M.R.E. components and repackages them in his own retort pouches — a common means of working around the commercial-resale ban.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
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
In January 2020, PCMag reported that Avast Antivirus was surreptitiously collecting user data for Avast subsidiary Jumpshot, which repackaged and sold the data.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
An Asia-based company bought about $2.5 billion worth of servers between 2024 and 2025 that were then repackaged and shipped to China, the Justice Department said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
The Asia-based company then repackaged the servers and shipped them to China, the DOJ said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
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
Even the pioneers of AI will tell you, Stassun said, in many cases, what AI does very well is rapidly synthesizing, consolidating or repackaging existing information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
In its lawsuit, the Times accused Perplexity of illegally crawling its material and repackaging original Times stories in “verbatim or near-verbatim” written responses to users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
To compensate for higher cocoa prices, chocolate manufacturers have been reformulating recipes, repackaging products, and yes, raising prices.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 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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