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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, ree-rahyt] / riˈraɪt, ˈriˌraɪt /
VERB
revise
Synonyms


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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

"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

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

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

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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