as in to amend
to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information
The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay. I had to rewrite the computer program.
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Recent Examples of rewrite
In response, Colombian students mobilized to demand the creation of a National Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution.
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Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Instead of having to fully rewrite an SD card to change the device’s function, Flippers aims to allow users to simply switch between profiles.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
Queries get rewritten every time a dimension changes.
—Vinay Bhaskara, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
How Insurance Changes the Math Coverage can dramatically rewrite the price tag.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
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Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Instead of having to fully rewrite an SD card to change the device’s function, Flippers aims to allow users to simply switch between profiles.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
Queries get rewritten every time a dimension changes.
—Vinay Bhaskara, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
How Insurance Changes the Math Coverage can dramatically rewrite the price tag.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewrite
Verb
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The law has been amended, most recently in 1982.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Soil Cucumbers like rich soil that is amended with compost, says Hélèna Dove, head kitchen gardener at Kew Gardens.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
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The legislation revising the districts would set a new congressional primary for August.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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The death toll was revised from earlier reports by state broadcaster CCTV that had put the death toll at 90.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Duffy said the administration sees AI as a way to reduce workload for controllers and improve efficiency across increasingly crowded airspace.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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YouTube creators who believe their content was incorrectly flagged as AI-generated can modify the disclosure status using the YouTube Studio tool.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Traditionally, solid rocket motors are designed for a single purpose and cannot be modified after production.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Across the major houses, a new guard of creative directors is reshaping luxury through a different approach to daytime dressing, digging into house archives and brand DNA and reworking familiar staples like trench coats, tweed, cocktail dresses and silk slips.—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Standard approaches involve reworking the electrolyte — the medium ions travel through inside the cell.—
Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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“Rewrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewrite. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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