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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, ree-rahyt] / riˈraɪt, ˈriˌraɪt /
VERB
revise
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Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles, founded in South El Monte, rewrote the rules of music, becoming the first all-woman mariachi ensemble that has entertained for more than three decades.

From Los Angeles Times

These “alignment-positive selection pressures” are the only kind of alignment that works in systems that rewrite themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, photonic materials could have their color or optical response written, erased, and rewritten on demand.

From Science Daily

But such attempts at censorship and rewriting the past are not strengths — they are weaknesses.

From Salon

It could rewrite the rules that divvy up the ping-pong balls for the draft lottery.

From The Wall Street Journal