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write over

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Synonyms

STRONGEST

adapt alter analyze annotate arrange assemble censor choose compile compose delete prepare publish rearrange revise select

STRONG

amplify assign blue pencil butcher check condense correct cut discard doctor draft emend excise feature fine-tune finish massage polish prescribe proofread rectify redact regulate rehash rephrase report scrub style tighten trim

WEAK

boil down fly speck go over make up put together recalibrate set up strike out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder disorganize disperse disturb scatter separate

STRONG

indulge keep ruin spoil worsen

Example Sentences

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"I just wanted her to be free. If she wanted to have her friends over and write over the walls with pen, that was fine," she said.

From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021

Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2020

“I thought it was time to collect the pieces of nonfiction I had had occasion to write over the decades and bring them together in one place.”

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2019

Experts typically use a more thorough but time-consuming way to erase the data, using software to write over the files with gibberish.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2015

“I see. I think it’s best that I assigned you a story to write over the summer and not a poem. Still, I know a good rhyme can calm the soul.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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