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  1. repurposeverb

    To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, without alteration.

    The town common was repurposed as a practice field.

  2. repurposeverb

    To alter to make more suited for a different purpose.

    The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened.

Wikipedia

  1. repurpose

    Repurposing is the process by which an object with one use value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use value.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of repurpose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of repurpose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of repurpose in a Sentence

  1. Bill Menezes:

    Obviously the sooner they can move off of 3G and repurpose that spectrum for 5G, the happier they'll be.

  2. Ron Johnson:

    You might as well repurpose that, rather than authorize more.

  3. Victoria Stein Feltman:

    Lunch is a great opportunity to repurpose leftovers from dinner the night before, both at home and school.

  4. Jonathan Davis:

    These telescopes were designed to look for diffuse light around galaxies. Not in the context of dark matter, but you can repurpose the data to look for this glow, [The Dragonfly telescopes] are really good at looking for this high contrast between the really bright galactic center and the really dim outskirts of galaxies.

  5. Robert Walsh:

    We’re looking at all the different ways to repurpose them and use them in different ways to augment the current fleet. If you take these ships for some operations you can allow an amphibious ready group to focus on other missions.

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    a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    A sundog
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