- past tense form of rewrite.
rewrote
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Some players, including Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its rules in December to allow the five-time major winner to come back, subject to certain sanctions.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to Bono, he and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid rewrote the lyrics and Parton agreed to sing that version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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
I instructed the AI to fix the economic logic, and it rewrote the software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Hungry Joe unpacked his bags and rewrote the happy letters home.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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