repackage
Americanverb (used with object)
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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.
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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
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Origin of repackage
Example Sentences
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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
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
The Southern Poverty Law Center and other watchdogs have tracked the movement as part of a broader effort to repackage white nationalist ideology for younger, more online audiences.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
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 organization repackages and resells the products to raise money for the services it provides to adults and children with disabilities.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
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’s this version of the story that cements the character of Robin Hood and the characters that surround him for a new generation that then takes that idea and repackages it as a Disney story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
The Asia-based company then repackaged the servers and shipped them to China, the DOJ said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
One of the primary catalysts of the 2008-09 financial crisis was a complicated financial product called mortgage-backed securities, in which risky home loans were repackaged and resold to passive investors.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 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
Rather, it’s been repackaged for a new fitness audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
Here was another bizarre fact about CDOs: Often they simply repackaged tranches of other CDOs, presumably those tranches their Wall Street creators had found difficult to sell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Sulzberger says their resistance to pay for it amounts to a repackaging of “stolen goods.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those would include “any repackaging costs, shipping and any import duties that would be incurred” in transporting them to another country.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 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
Is yet another repackaging of Presley’s music really something to get excited about?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025
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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