repackage

verb

re·​pack·​age (ˌ)rē-ˈpa-kij How to pronounce repackage (audio)
repackaged; repackaging; repackages

transitive verb

: to package again or anew
specifically : to put into a more efficient or attractive form
repackager noun

Examples of repackage in a Sentence

Large pieces of meat are cut and repackaged at the butcher's shop. repackage newspaper comic strips as books TV studios repackage real-life dramas as entertainment.
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Instead, Deadline understands that the ten-part series, originally greenlit for pan-Arab streaming platform Shahid, is being repackaged as a movie for the domestic market. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024 Eugenics was debunked as both biologically unsound and morally repugnant decades ago, but Donald Trump has repackaged its key lies to appeal to 21st-century American anxieties. Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024 Leftover military rations were repackaged into boxes that went to needy families, a crucial lifeline in a broken time. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024 The company would then repackage its risk and sell it. Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repackage 

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of repackage was in 1899

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“Repackage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repackage. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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repackage

verb
re·​pack·​age (ˈ)rē-ˈpak-ij How to pronounce repackage (audio)
: to package again or anew
especially : to put into a more attractive form

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