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Recent Examples of rename
Senate Bill 1318 would rename the Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law to the Florida Hands-Free Driving Law and bar the handheld use of wireless devices while behind the wheel.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
The organization was later renamed Amigos for Kids.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Back in January, Tennessee Republican State Rep. Todd Warner filed House Bill 217, which would rename Nashville International Airport to honor Donald Trump.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For 30 years, Hal’s Bar and Grill was ground zero for a burgeoning Venice scene on the street that in 1990 was renamed from West Washington to Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
—Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
The organization was later renamed Amigos for Kids.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Back in January, Tennessee Republican State Rep. Todd Warner filed House Bill 217, which would rename Nashville International Airport to honor Donald Trump.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For 30 years, Hal’s Bar and Grill was ground zero for a burgeoning Venice scene on the street that in 1990 was renamed from West Washington to Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
—Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rename
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Up to $154 million will be spent by the food industry over the next decade to relabel their products with the new box, the FDA estimates.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2025
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To better align with production schedules, Outdoor Retailer will move its traditional winter show to November starting in 2023 and relabel it the Winter Market.—
Julie Jag,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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This month's full moon, nicknamed the pink moon, rises on April 12 and reaches its peak at 5:22 p.m. PT this year.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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For the past eight years, Esparza headed the Tijuana team of a unit that specializes in locating American fugitives in Mexico, a team nicknamed the Gringo Hunters.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Team Tennis would later adopt the name of its predecessor and rechristen itself World Team Tennis.—
Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
16 July 2021
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While the president this week decried efforts to rechristen U.S. military bases named for Confederate generals, the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday decided to add a bipartisan provision to the Pentagon's annual spending bill that would begin the process of renaming those installations.—
Ledyard King,
USA TODAY,
12 June 2020
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“Rename.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rename. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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