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The Associated Press said that a reporter was barred from attending a press conference between Donald Trump and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, the third day that the White House has targeted the news organization for declining to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Stock market slides at the open as inflation fears resurface
Republican lawmaker wants to rename Greenland
President Donald Trump has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to oversee its implementation on federal documents through the Board of Geographic Names — which is effectively how Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
The experience led Boris and Parker to start an organization in 2008, originally called the Sophie’s Voice Foundation, but later renamed to the Kodjoe Family Foundation.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Stock market slides at the open as inflation fears resurface
Republican lawmaker wants to rename Greenland
President Donald Trump has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to oversee its implementation on federal documents through the Board of Geographic Names — which is effectively how Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
The experience led Boris and Parker to start an organization in 2008, originally called the Sophie’s Voice Foundation, but later renamed to the Kodjoe Family Foundation.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Feb. 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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At one time, he was nicknamed 'Captain America' for his stellar play in Ryder Cups.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Fran captained the club’s most successful side, nicknamed Super Depor, who reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2004 by overturning a 4-1 first-leg defeat against Carlo Ancelotti’s Milan in the quarter-finals to go through 5-4 on aggregate.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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