How to Use rewrite in a Sentence

rewrite

1 of 2 verb

• The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay.
• I had to rewrite the computer program.
• Then rewriting it in 2019, that took nine months or so.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• And when guests would change, there’d be lots of scrambling to rewrite.
  — Stuart Miller, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• The state rewrote the standards to address the criticisms.
  — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• That led the agency to begin rewriting its rules last year.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
• Jennifer Lawrence just rewrote the rules of Rich Mom Style for winter 2023.
  — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023
• Shafiei gave her a new sheet of paper and told her to rewrite the statement, filling in the blanks, and then sign it.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• Muromtseva was at the peak of her career at the National Opera of Ukraine when the war rewrote all her plans.
  — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
• There’s a lot of wheeling and dealing going on in the show as far as rewriting and tweaking things on the spot.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Many of the articles on the site are rewritten press releases.
  — David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• For a start, the script was being rewritten on the fly and the actors had little grasp of their characters even as the cameras rolled.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
• Ronaldo, 38, and Messi, 36, rewrote the record books, redefined greatness and took the sport to new plateaus.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• And the process of taking the House bill and potentially rewriting it to suit the Senate could be time consuming.
  — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• Each room thrusts Peach into a different scene of the show that’s been overtaken and rewritten by Grape.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• Mayer rewrote the Notre Dame record book and is used to playing in cold Midwestern winters. 19.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• After a few months writing (and rewriting) headlines for the front page of The New York Times, one journalist has some takeaways.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• No spoilers here, but in the process of rewriting it, something clicked for him, personally.
  — Nicolas Rapold, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• The commission and the council scrambled to rewrite parts of the code, hoping to mitigate concerns.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
• Then Jordan started rewriting that story, but not even Jordan or James won three in a row.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• But to rewrite the blueprint that has led to so much success or even consider breaking up Tatum and Brown?
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• Here was an artist — once again, and on tour — rewriting the rules of hip-hop, and American popular music at large.
  — Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• If that’s true, economists need to rewrite their textbooks.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• Baylor football didn’t live up to expectations last year, so the first game against Texas State gives the Bears a chance to start with a blank canvas and rewrite some wrongs.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The new team delivers with Act 1, but to win a more appreciative audience, the second half of the script needs rewriting.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Workers can also highlight portions of text and ask Google’s AI to rewrite them in a specific tone.
  — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• To rewrite an early-aughts drama's catchphrase for the object of my affection: Full skirts can't lose.
  — Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• But if the script needs rewriting during production, no WGA writer would be available.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 May 2023
• One of those plans was rewritten at the eleventh hour in an attempt to protect downtown garment businesses from being pushed out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
• Of course, this sort of science fiction can always rewrite the rules, as desired, or discover a new one.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023

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rewrite

2 of 2 noun

• The platform asked for a massive rewrite of the last two episodes.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
• But Milian was still brought on for rewrites, and her voice can be heard in the chorus.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• But there can be a lot of rewrites before the magic happens.
  — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• Joel Klatt of Fox Sports was among those pushing for a rewrite.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
• But this is not the first time a rewrite was deemed necessary.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2023
• The rewrite put Ernest and his wife, Mollie (Gladstone), at the center of the story.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• That meant a page one rewrite for the project, which had labored in the screenwriting phase.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
• Paul did a massive rewrite on the first one but didn’t get a credit, but the second movie was all him.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• Do, Kotek’s spokesperson, said a major rewrite of the state’s land-use laws is not on the table.
  — oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
• The biggest post-Covid change to the finale came with a rewrite of the scene where the townspeople swarm Wanda.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021
• With a 69-25 vote, the state House agreed to a heavy Senate rewrite of the proposal and sent it to the governor’s desk.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021
• The producer asked Coolio for a rewrite, and the rapper agreed.
  — Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• It has long been known since Coogler and Cole began their rewrite that the character’s death would be a part of the story.
  — David Betancourt, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
• That rewrite was Joey and Pacey's time jump happy ending.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2022
• And David, an Academy Award winning writer, has tweaked the script and done a rewrite.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
• With each new rewrite of the tax code, the superrich deploy clever trusts and armies of lawyers and lobbyists to find ways not to pay.
  — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2021
• Once that rewrite is finished, the entire process could begin again.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
• But the criminal code rewrite is the first law to be completely overturned since 1991.
  — Ashraf Khalil, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
• So one of the big things that the administration just announced is a rewrite to that guideline.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• Then the pandemic hit, and a rewrite became inevitable.
  — Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2022
• But when British director Jonathan Lynn was hired to direct the movie, the studio asked him to do the production rewrite of the script instead of Launer.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
• When Auria woke from her nap, Almodóvar was ready with a rewrite.
  — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021
• Instead, it’s been lobotomized, turned by rewrite men Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman into a preachy ode to nice boys who respect women.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2022
• So the way the hub fostered that socialization was going to require a rewrite.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
• Even if much of the story is written, a rewrite is always possible.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• My guess is Nik Color Efex Pro will be the next candidate for getting a rewrite and new features.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• The rewrite comes as Texas — and the nation — hotly debates what students are taught about history.
  — Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022
• But the opening score on its commercial debut won’t require a rewrite of the local record books.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Sep. 2021
• Even if Sheridan has already written the scripts for Yellowstone 2.0, he’s not allowed to do any rewrites on episodes until the strike ends.
  — Vulture, 5 May 2023
• The Democrats have proposed nothing less than a wholesale rewrite of the nation's social safety net.
  — Gloria Borger, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021

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