rewrite
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European campaigners have long been calling for a rewrite of terms used to discuss women's bodies, sexuality and health.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
But months of negotiations failed to produce a compromise capable of surviving the Senate floor, despite heavy lobbying from the crypto industry and a frantic final effort by Republicans to rewrite the legislation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Powerful AI models have demonstrated an ability to not only lie to users but also to rewrite their own code to avoid being shut down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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
The combination of the time constraint along with Sydney’s desire to say something significant and inspirational was what had caused her to rewrite her speech so many times.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
"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
When Euphoria first launched, it quickly became one of the defining shows of its generation, but after a five-year break marked by strikes, rewrites and cast departures, it returned to a noticeably more divided response.
From BBC ● May 30, 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
This is a constant struggle around my mother, who systematically rewrites history to suit her views of the world.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
As the production fell further and further behind schedule, Mr. Pallenberg frantically rewrote the ending, blithely confessing that he tinkered around with killing off this or that character as the mood struck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
Rather than simply replicate the original, Nash rewrote parts of the song and added a new verse reflecting her own experience of dual identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The bill rewrote the math on charitable giving,” says Kevin Knull, chief executive officer of TaxStatus.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
But we rewrote it, because we didn’t want the officer to hate us.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
He appeared to call for the rules of warfare to be rewritten, and warned of the increasing risk of artificial intelligence.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
A few lines in your letter could be rewritten to reframe your history.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
An existing bill offering tax rebates on fiber-optic equipment was hastily rewritten to provide tax breaks on data center gear.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Both candidates said there was potential grounds for a legal challenge to the rewritten duties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Books, also, were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Others, however, will insist the rewriting of history is the only way of restoring the competition's official record, and rewarding clubs that competed within the rules.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The same caution goes for rewriting the product liability or antitrust laws to let the firms cooperate to define and police the AI frontier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
My father was delighted, despite the fact that the news cost him some extra nights of work rewriting the speech he was to give at the rally.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
