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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, ree-rahyt] / riˈraɪt, ˈriˌraɪt /
VERB
revise
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It took more than three years of work, including a complete rewrite of the script and Croft's dialogue, now voiced by the British actress Alix Wilton Regan.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Beyoncé gave it a modern rewrite for her 2024 Cowboy Carter, external album, changing the lyrics from: "I'm begging of you, please, don't take my man" to "I'm warning you, don't come for my man."

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

In his campaign for the top Fed job, Warsh said he was open to a rewrite of the accord, but he hasn’t given any specifics.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Those arguments haven’t satisfied an array of activists, who urged the council to rewrite the agreement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Our uncle could rewrite his Fourth of July speech and use it to sell bonds.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

So instead, Rebecca rewrites the call to “Believe” into a prayer for a chance.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

"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

It also says proposed amendments have to go through the Legislature twice, with an election in between, giving voters another chance to be heard on constitutional rewrites.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

In situations when clients wanted more-substantial rewrites, I could charge a few hundred dollars for an essay.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

“But why do I have to be the one who rewrites the future? We were only trying to get your dashiki back. That’s the only reason we’re here in the first place!”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Congress rewrote the charitable-deduction rules, effective Jan. 1, 2026, with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and every change pushed value away from the deduction and toward your adjusted gross income.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Quentin Tarantino told Variety he had a production designer track one down for an opening shot of “Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood” at the Chinese Theatre before he rewrote the script.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

But the numbers already racked up by Sinner show how he is undoubtedly tracking Djokovic, Nadal and Federer - who became known as the 'Big Three' as they rewrote the record books.

From BBC May 17, 2026

“The bill rewrote the math on charitable giving,” says Kevin Knull, chief executive officer of TaxStatus.

From Barron's May 9, 2026

“I even rewrote some of the lyrics to the song so it would be okay for school,” I said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Institutional judgment becomes meaningless when operational directives can be rewritten on a whim overnight.

From Salon Jul. 21, 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

But ever since the laws of the game were rewritten in 1997 to prohibit challenging the keeper mid-catch, the man between the sticks has become a protected species.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

I’ve rewritten my whole History of Magic essay to include some of the things I’ve found out.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

We are at the dawn of recursive self-improvement, the moment when AI systems begin rewriting and improving their own code, causing an intelligence explosion, all without human intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

I watched a sixth-round afterthought — the 199th pick in the draft, a kid nobody had wanted on their team — walk onto the field and start rewriting what was possible.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

In a city that had manifested an entire industry out of rewriting stories, I wondered whether the secret was simply to write a new one for myself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

According to Pangram, A.I.-assisted writing “is text a person wrote partly with help from an AI tool—for example, editing or rewriting parts.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

I keep writing and rewriting, drawing and redrawing, and rethinking and revising and reediting.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie




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