But over the last decade or so, the study of real estate has shed its trade-school image.

The city needed to shed its violent image, and fast.

On the whole, the country has yet to shed its image as a producer of cheap table wine.

It is not alone in wanting to shed its image as primarily a recruiter.

She described the role as an attempt to shed her vivacious public image.

But the yard is working to shed its fortresslike image.

He is beginning to shed his image as a bland apparatchik.

The town has endured enough to shed its proper image and become street-painting serious.

He urged fellow Democrats to shed the party's dovish image.

Has the industry finally shed its negative image for helping businesses only when they are in trouble?