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- verb Present participle of
reappropriate .
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Examples
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Wed Oct 29 18: 48: 35 PST 2008 omgpvd I kind of like the idea of reappropriating technology given the realization that there's a place for it
USC IMD: 2008
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After reappropriating Doc Marten boots – "reappropriating" is a fashion term meaning "charging 300 quid for something identical to" – they've done the same with bleach-spattered jeans, de rigueur for the early 80s skin, recently spotted at the Dries Van Noten menswear show.
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In turning our backs on all aspects of religion, we allow it to claim as its exclusive dominion areas of experience that should rightly belong to all mankind – and that we should feel unembarrassed about reappropriating for the secular realm.
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Prints of old school Ceylon tea ads reappropriating the milieu for the natives.
APAture Live 2008
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What you were doing was basically reappropriating content.
My Opinion Is Right: Comics Press is Crippled Like No Other Industry 2009
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What you were doing was basically reappropriating content.
My Opinion Is Right: Comics Press is Crippled Like No Other Industry 2009
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High-end designers have been reappropriating the typically “trashy” trailer and
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"I gave her the Heritage Foundation piece and said this is not a good project and she should think about reappropriating the money," Epstein told ProPublica.
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There has been talk for a long time about congress reappropriating its traditional war powers, but it hasn't happened yet.
american democracy (FISA Bill) Bill Kerr 2008
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But what exactly does reappropriating album covers offer these devout fans?
Buzzine » Sleeveface 2008
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