rewrite
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Mamdani said that he was having conversations with the city’s legal department about its authority to arrest Netanyahu, but he suggested he wouldn’t rewrite any laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A series of "remarkable" archaeological discoveries - which experts say could rewrite Britain's prehistory - were discovered "by accident" on a family holiday.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Bankruptcy stands as a way to rewrite your future, not be forever reprimanded for the mistakes of your past.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"It's a striking example of how quantum principles can rewrite the rules of classical physics," Scully said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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"The study rewrites the timeline for the koala's genetic history in Australia," says PhD student Toby Kovacs, who led the research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some of it was spent gathering input from residents, public health groups, Native American governments and companies — feedback the agency addressed in subsequent rewrites.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
In situations when clients wanted more-substantial rewrites, I could charge a few hundred dollars for an essay.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Simply for the sake of mixing up the challenge and shuffling the pack, F1 rewrites its entire rulebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
He was in final rewrites for a book about his first Arctic expedition; she was finishing prior séance commitments.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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I instructed the AI to fix the economic logic, and it rewrote the software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
“The bill rewrote the math on charitable giving,” says Kevin Knull, chief executive officer of TaxStatus.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
Congress responded boldly to that ruling—it rewrote Section 2 of the VRA to allow minority voters to say that plans that had a racially discriminatory effect were vote dilution.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
In one hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, the 31-year-old Kenyan rewrote the boundaries of possibility.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Throughout the next day, Koch feverishly wrote and rewrote, and Froelick edited and typed.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Institutional judgment becomes meaningless when operational directives can be rewritten on a whim overnight.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Since taking the top job at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has rewritten rules and upended traditions that had for decades steered how the U.S. military buys weapons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Both candidates said there was potential grounds for a legal challenge to the rewritten duties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The rules of international trade are being rewritten.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
There was no recourse, were no laws but the ones rewritten every day.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Through her audacity and fierce self-belief, Osterberg was a prime mover in rewriting the playbook for women in British sport.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Even investment professionals are prone to this rewriting of history.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Student loans are increasingly following Americans into their 60s and rewriting what they believed would be their retirement years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper.”
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
This new regime—free money for capitalists, free markets for everyone else—plus the more or less instant rewriting of financial history vexed all sorts of people, but few were as enthusiastically vexed as Steve Eisman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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