rejigger

verb re·jig·ger \ (ˌ)rē-ˈji-gər \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: rejigger in a Sentence

Definition of rejigger

rejiggered; rejiggering; rejiggers

transitive verb

: alter, rearrange

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Examples of rejigger in a Sentence

The TV network is rejiggering its schedule.

Recent Examples of rejigger from the Web

Namely, rejigger San Francisco’s infrastructure—every street, every block—with their riders in mind.

— alex davies, WIRED, "Save the Scooters, Redesign the Streets, and Save San Francisco," 4 June 2018
The government could rejigger its purchasing power to advance the public interest.

— james grant, WSJ, "‘American Default’ Review: A New Deal for Gold," 28 May 2018
Walmart is rejiggering its position elsewhere as well.

— hallie detrick, Fortune, "Walmart Is Selling All of Its U.K. Grocery Stores," 30 Apr. 2018
Time Warner rejiggered its compensation formulas for executives following its deal to be acquired by AT&T, which was announced in 2016 but is still awaiting government approval.

— stan choe, chicagotribune.com, "For CEOs, $11.7 million a year is just middle of the pack," 25 May 2018
In previous years, Nike likely would have struggled to grab those customers, but the company’s rejiggered operations have put it on better footing, analysts say.

— michael wursthorn, WSJ, "Retail Stocks Are Coming Out of Amazon’s Shadow," 3 May 2018
One rejiggered voting districts so drastically that the opposition derided it as gerrymandering.

— New York Times, "Malaysian Leader Jump-Starts Elections, and Stacks the Odds," 6 Apr. 2018
In recent years, as the advertising industry has rejiggered its strategy to compete with Facebook and Google, publishers have increasingly turned to content advertising networks as a new source of revenue.

— klint finley, WIRED, "MeToo Is Changing Even the Smarmiest Advertisers," 3 Apr. 2018
The Red Wings have tried to rejigger things on the fly for about seven years and that has resulted in one playoff series win and now back to back years getting left out of the playoffs altogether.

— jamie samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers fans can find solace in a few things on Opening Day," 29 Mar. 2018

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