How to Use redefine in a Sentence

redefine

verb
  • Democrats and the broad left have to take it back and redefine it.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Piana No Time to Waist Raised and cinched: the midriff has been redefined.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
  • He’s one of the greats of this game and continues to redefine his game.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Pins & Aces is a golf brand that's redefining the game with its clever and stylish products.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Since the textile mills closed in the 1980s, the town has grappled to redefine itself.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Ronaldo, 38, and Messi, 36, rewrote the record books, redefined greatness and took the sport to new plateaus.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But once again Brooks may have to redefine what winning looks like.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • What other country would feel the need to redefine itself in such a way?
    William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Y’all hate on this truck even though this redefines what trucking should have been.
    Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 July 2024
  • Those shows that do best are those that define or redefine form.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Consider using the first month of the year to redefine what success means to you.
    Kailyn Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Or power-pop as Smoking Popes and Weezer did their best to redefine it in the '90s.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
  • She's taken a muted approach to her return to the sport she's spent the last decade redefining.
    CBS News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • More than this, Bhatt wants to help redefine Southern food.
    G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • At Loewe, they were given a very (very) high waist and replaced suit pants, redefining the lines of the officewear trend.
    Alexandre Marain, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And if the sacred can be thus redefined then everything is up for grabs.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • So Will, how could this case redefine the whole Antifa movement?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The new deal could even let passengers take Zoom calls from the skies, once again redefining what remote work looks like.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The time is right to redefine the manifesto as personal for the present moment.
    Charlotte Burgess Auburn, Quartz, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Someday soon, the Sky will need to redefine themselves without Vandersloot,33, and Quigley, 36.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • And the third reason is, this is going to redefine patriotism in the state of Maryland.
    ABC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The new lineup featured menswear and womenswear with the gender roles redefined.
    Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This concept car claims to redefine sports roadsters for the electric age.
    Ronald Ahrens, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Soft Filter: Tulle Wraps Designers redefined the idea of taking the veil for spring.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Attach a feeling to your goal and redefine it with emotion.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Keep scrolling to discover which ones will outlast the effects of the pandemic to redefine the health landscape for years — and decades to come.
    ELLE, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The group was praised for redefining the perception of the piano trio and of chamber music itself.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • There’s a chance here to redefine the notion of luxury.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The new year is a great time to redefine the look of your living space, and a great opportunity to wow your family and guests alike.
    Hunter Boyce, ajc, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Yet, in the late 1990s, after professionally parting ways with her father, Angham redefined her path.
    Omar Baqbouq, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024

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