reinvent the wheel
idiom
informal
: to waste time trying to do something that has already been done successfully by someone else
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Managers don’t need to reinvent the wheel to help their highest performers succeed.
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Future-Proofing Effectively future-proofing your startup doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel.
—Rick Hammell, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
While senior programs exist on the northwest side, Miller said the church doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
This addresses one reason the industry has struggled to build new reactors: the tendency of developers to try to reinvent the wheel, and thus raise costs.
—Robert Gebelhoff, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Future-Proofing Effectively future-proofing your startup doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel.
—Rick Hammell, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
While senior programs exist on the northwest side, Miller said the church doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
This addresses one reason the industry has struggled to build new reactors: the tendency of developers to try to reinvent the wheel, and thus raise costs.
—Robert Gebelhoff, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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“Reinvent the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvent%20the%20wheel. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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