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Repurpose

1. To use a product, a concept, or research for something other than for what it was intended originally. Repurposing products is common when they fail in their original market but their makers do not wish to lose the money they spent preparing the products.

2. To make slight changes to a product and sell it on a different market. For example, a book may be recorded as an audiobook and sold in both formats.

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The county's signature repurposed military installation is Zhaishan Tunnel.

Taiwan's Kinmen boasts wealth of fascinating military memorials, museums

"AudioLoggers make it easier for users to produce ad-free versions of content from live broadcasts, into which fresh commercials or sponsorship messages can be inserted as the media is repurposed," says Osburn.

StreamGuys Upgrades A System For Now, Or Later, Listening

Shop from Kansas-based vendors for locally sourced, creative, vintage, and repurposed items and art, make eco-friendly crafts you can keep, play games, eat delicious plant-based and grain-fed food, and talk to experts on everything from energy to gardening to advocating for the earth.

EcoFest Wichita returns Sept. 23

Those repurposed drugs could move to market in less time and for less money than it takes to gain approval for novel drugs by skipping preclinical testing requirements and, possibly, Phase 1 safety and dosing trials.

Turning to Plan B in drug development: invoking your backup plan, or plan b, may not sound like a good thing, but in the pharma world, it could mean the difference between a shelved drug and one that grosses $1 billion annually

"We repurposed a pop-up Taco Bell that was originally made from recycled materials, creating one of the greenest fast-food restaurants in the country," said Paul Galvin, chairman and CEO of SG Blocks.

Taco Bell made from shipping container opens: SG Blocks

Iceni Pharmaceuticals has launched as a new company, focusing on developing repurposed and reformulated cancer therapies.

ICENI PHARMACEUTICALS LAUNCHES AS NEW COMPANY

| Professor Stuart Corbridge, inset, says Durham University remains committed to both Durham and its Stockton Queen's Campus, seen from the air above, which is to be 'repurposed'

Chiefs confirm changes at uni

"We hope to have a final list of repurposed projects to send to FHWA for approval by early July.

Road projects could get new look from 'repurposed' funds

Ms Churchill said: "With this bill we have the potential to deliver three essential things: patient access to repurposed, off-patent drugs which have strong evidence for effective treatments, medical advancements with the use of patient information, and an increasing awareness of the potential of repurposed drugs for all clinicians and patients.

Welsh MP's drive low-cost drugs on paves way for stretched NHS

Designer Will Holman packs in over thirty step-by-step projects made from paper, wood, plastic and metal and also includes directions on how they can be repurposed yet again when their second or third uses have passed.

Guerilla Furniture Design

In the second section, we have developed a Word 2013 Add-in using VSTO 2013 and repurposed the default actions of the commands in Word 2013 using VSTO 2013.

Solutions for repurposing the default actions and states of the office controls through component Object Model Add-Ins

At Iowa State, repurposed furniture plays a key role in departments' purchasing decisions, Harms says.

Who took my chair? Tracking and managing the campus stock of tables, chairs, desks and more to make the most of existing assets and to engage in smart purchasing