repackage

verb

re·​pack·​age (ˌ)rē-ˈpa-kij How to pronounce repackage (audio)
repackaged; repackaging; repackages

transitive verb

: to package again or anew
specifically : to put into a more efficient or attractive form
repackager noun

Examples of repackage in a Sentence

Large pieces of meat are cut and repackaged at the butcher's shop. repackage newspaper comic strips as books TV studios repackage real-life dramas as entertainment.
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Additional recalls have since been initiated by companies that use Bedner Growers cucumbers in their products or that repackage the cucumbers for resale under different brand names. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 May 2025 These items were returned (but never used), repackaged, and sold at a discount — sometimes up to 50% off retail. Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 In museums, art by Indigenous people has been seen as artifact, not intervention or complex storytelling — reduced to dream catchers, headdresses and pottery, repackaged for nostalgia and sale. Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Workers there sort, clean and repackage the items, then post them for sale on an array of websites where consumers, wholesalers and off-price retailers hunt for discounts. Ken Belson, New York Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for repackage

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of repackage was in 1899

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“Repackage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repackage. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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repackage

verb
re·​pack·​age (ˈ)rē-ˈpak-ij How to pronounce repackage (audio)
: to package again or anew
especially : to put into a more attractive form

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