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  • noun Plural form of renaming.

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Examples

  • As the German invasion progressed, there were regroupings and renamings; for the sake of readability, the fronts will be referred to as districts for the first six months of the war.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • The Archbishop has some ideas for future soft renamings which appealed to me: Will the Home Secretary become the Secretary of State for Domestic and Social Affairs?

    Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • As it's Eminem, all that fuss – the repeated postponements, renamings and leaks – is turned up to 11.

    Eminem: Recovery 2010

  • As the German invasion progressed, there were regroupings and renamings; for the sake of readability, the fronts will be referred to as districts for the first six months of the war.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Street renamings are one of the major activities that keeps people busy on the other side of City Hall, where the debate over Sean Bell has been raging.

    Bloomberg Consistent on Sean Bell Street 2009

  • But Mr. Campbell ignores too many major locales that have also undergone? renamings? like Mumbai/Bombay? and that readers might want to learn more about.

    Call It What You Will Paul Beston 2009

  • Street renamings are one of the major activities that keeps people busy on the other side of City Hall, where the debate over Sean Bell has been raging.

    Bloomberg Consistent on Sean Bell Street 2009

  • Street renamings are one of the major activities that keeps people busy on the other side of City Hall, where the debate over Sean Bell has been raging.

    Bloomberg Consistent on Sean Bell Street 2009

  • Street renamings are one of the major activities that keeps people busy on the other side of City Hall, where the debate over Sean Bell has been raging.

    Bloomberg Consistent on Sean Bell Street 2009

  • "Now for us we think that these things [renamings] must happen across the country because the names that we have are names that were imposed on us by the colonialists," Shiceka told the SABC.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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