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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Future-Proofing Effectively future-proofing your startup doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel.
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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
Zimmer is not going reinvent the wheel in how the Cowboys use Parsons, who finished in the top three of NFL Defensive Player of the Year voting in each of the past three seasons and has totaled 40.5 sacks in his first three seasons combined.
—Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
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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
Zimmer is not going reinvent the wheel in how the Cowboys use Parsons, who finished in the top three of NFL Defensive Player of the Year voting in each of the past three seasons and has totaled 40.5 sacks in his first three seasons combined.
—Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
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