Repurpose is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Repurpose meaning
To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
Using Repurpose
- The main meaning on this page is: To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
- In the example corpus, repurpose often appears in combinations such as: to repurpose, repurpose the, and repurpose.
Context around Repurpose
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Repurpose
- In this selection, "repurpose" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stores, harmful, land and old stand out and add context to how "repurpose" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appeared to repurpose a full and calls to repurpose zumwalt class. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "repurpose" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with repurpose
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The stores repurpose old buildings. (5 words)
Dilshad Burman with how to repurpose and recycle your tree once the decorations come down. (15 words)
It was also a call to reform and repurpose harmful subsidies with careful targeting and efficiency. (16 words)
As your MP, he will fight to improve and repurpose many of the empty town centre buildings and improve parking for residents and visitors, he will work diligently to bring solutions to the towns drug and alcohol problem. (38 words)
If you happen to be celebrating your 18th wedding anniversary, this is spot-on: Porcelain is the traditional gift to give for that milestone, and this is encased in a biscuit white porcelain vessel she can repurpose. (37 words)
Schemes have come and gone since the historic store closed its doors back in 2007 but now there is fresh hope for the site with a new plan to repurpose the Grade II listed location. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hannah Waddingham has appeared to repurpose a full-length sparkly black and green ballgown that she previously wore at another award’s show for the Earthshot Prize’s green carpet.
If you happen to be celebrating your 18th wedding anniversary, this is spot-on: Porcelain is the traditional gift to give for that milestone, and this is encased in a biscuit white porcelain vessel she can repurpose.
It was also a call to reform and repurpose harmful subsidies with careful targeting and efficiency.
Leave the stadium up and repurpose it for a sense of nostalgia or tear it down to show off The Baseball in all its glory.
Outdoor dog day-care centre Dog Adventure Land is looking for its first official site as it sets to repurpose land in Rhoose.
Part of Albuquerque Public Schools plan to repurpose several campuses would potentially turn them into as many as four early childhood centers.
Schemes have come and gone since the historic store closed its doors back in 2007 but now there is fresh hope for the site with a new plan to repurpose the Grade II listed location.
She said, the 100-year-old Consumer Goods company will repurpose its portfolio while putting in place measures to make the business more efficient and future fit.
The new facility is intended to "modernise and repurpose the existing poultry farm" and "maximise bird welfare".
The stores repurpose old buildings.
This could also allow the show to repurpose Lucasfilm's abandoned plans for Rangers of the New Republic, a canceled spinoff that looked likely to star Gina Carano prior to her firing.
You can often repurpose your old gadgets or pass them on to someone who can use them.
You can repurpose and redesign an old disappointment or failed endeavour right now, the timing is right to revisit this, and you’ll get lucky this time around.
As your MP, he will fight to improve and repurpose many of the empty town centre buildings and improve parking for residents and visitors, he will work diligently to bring solutions to the towns drug and alcohol problem.
Basic mashed potatoes are a Thanksgiving staple, and there are tons of ways to repurpose them.
Dilshad Burman with how to repurpose and recycle your tree once the decorations come down.
D R Smith Properties plans to repurpose the site into a new vehicle showroom and consultancy firm Vail Williams "categorically" pledging there are no plans for homes.
However, these vessels are vulnerable in modern combat environments, prompting calls to repurpose Zumwalt-class destroyers as replacements.
It's believed that Westminster Councillors are keen to keep the site as it is, ruling out any potential buyers looking to repurpose the site.
Now, business groups and elected officials are hoping to repurpose the spaces into things like microbreweries and arcades, thanks in part to recent zoning changes that allow for new uses.
Common combinations with repurpose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to repurpose 33×
- repurpose the 17×
- and repurpose 8×
- repurpose it 4×
- or repurpose 4×
- can repurpose 3×
- repurpose and 3×
- repurpose them 3×
- will repurpose 2×
- repurpose old 2×