reinvent the wheel
idiom
informal
: to waste time trying to do something that has already been done successfully by someone else
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Avoid needing to reinvent the wheel to resolve your firm’s challenges by seeking out this level of specialization.
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Ray Zhou, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Neither of these glasses is trying to reinvent the wheel.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Maybe the idea was to make bolder production choices now that the Golden Globes entity itself is under new leadership, but trying to reinvent the wheel is not working.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
After all, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ray Zhou, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Neither of these glasses is trying to reinvent the wheel.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Maybe the idea was to make bolder production choices now that the Golden Globes entity itself is under new leadership, but trying to reinvent the wheel is not working.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
After all, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Reinvent the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvent%20the%20wheel. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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