rewrite

Example Sentences

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To rewrite Lou Reed: just a perfect film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

I personally don’t like to spend my time trying to rewrite things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Translators "have to rewrite the whole thing, redo the translations, but they still only get paid the reduced rate," said Holly Parsons, a Spanish-to-English translator at the beginning of her career.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

If that’s true, “Is God Is” presents a compelling reason to keep trying to rewrite the ending.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

He’d try it the other way too, then backtrack, then rewrite what he’d written, again and again, until he couldn’t even tell if what he was writing was different from what he’d written before.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen