old identity
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By the time of the Perth and Kinross by-election, Scotland was rediscovering an old identity.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
And reversing that course and rediscovering some of their old identity may be as important as anything else for the Seahawks on Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Los Angeles, he said, needs to let go of its old identity and see itself as a city, not as a disparate collection of neighborhoods, suburbs and urban centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Don Draper once spectacularly erased his old identity as Dick Whitman and chose a new one for himself.
From Slate ● May 28, 2013
Now it makes me want to talk louder, to be as far from that old identity and the pain that accompanies it as possible.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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