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Recent Examples of recompile
In any other system, the programmer would have had to rewrite the code and recompile a huge block of the program, maybe even all of it.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Switching to using high-performance Java runtimes with minimal disruption typically involves installing the new Java runtime and making easy configuration changes without the need to alter or recompile application code.
—Scott Sellers, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
In the new study, Onodera uses the data set recompiled by Nunn to find them.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Porting Windows games to Mac hasn’t been easy for developers, and typically involves a complex process of recompiling source code, converting custom shaders, reimplementing the graphics subsystem, and converting audio, input, and HDR rendering.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 June 2023
In addition to building the operating system itself—not just the kernel, but drivers for all hardware from GPU to Wi-Fi to LTE modem, and more—third-party app developers would need to recompile their own applications for the new architecture as well.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
Called Amendment 4, the proposal allows state officials to recompile the constitution without the racist language.
—Jay Reeves, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
Amendment 4 would start a process intended to remove outdated and nullified racist sections of the constitution, such as one requiring segregated schools, and recompile the constitution in a more logical order.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020
Company executives also said Adobe and Microsoft were well along in porting flagship apps like Lightroom and Office, while developers using Apple’s Xcode tools should be able to recompile their code for Apple silicon in a few days of work.
—Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Switching to using high-performance Java runtimes with minimal disruption typically involves installing the new Java runtime and making easy configuration changes without the need to alter or recompile application code.
—Scott Sellers, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
In the new study, Onodera uses the data set recompiled by Nunn to find them.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Porting Windows games to Mac hasn’t been easy for developers, and typically involves a complex process of recompiling source code, converting custom shaders, reimplementing the graphics subsystem, and converting audio, input, and HDR rendering.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 June 2023
In addition to building the operating system itself—not just the kernel, but drivers for all hardware from GPU to Wi-Fi to LTE modem, and more—third-party app developers would need to recompile their own applications for the new architecture as well.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
Called Amendment 4, the proposal allows state officials to recompile the constitution without the racist language.
—Jay Reeves, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
Amendment 4 would start a process intended to remove outdated and nullified racist sections of the constitution, such as one requiring segregated schools, and recompile the constitution in a more logical order.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020
Company executives also said Adobe and Microsoft were well along in porting flagship apps like Lightroom and Office, while developers using Apple’s Xcode tools should be able to recompile their code for Apple silicon in a few days of work.
—Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recompile
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Then-Councilmember Raul Peralez helped hold the deal together as construction deadlines loomed, the development changed hands and plans were revised.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The measure could be revised within 90 days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Keep it light and clever, yet commit to a piece long enough to actually wrap it, whether that means editing your podcast or rehearsing your lines once.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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The 6-foot senior guard has also left her mark as a winner, compiling a 103-35 record with the storied program.—
Joe Davidson
March 27,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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And after his September call-up, Carter Jensen actually compiled the sixth-best fWAR of any catcher.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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The book reworks him—a new specialty here, a change of address there—in a way that resembles what its narrator does with Thomas.—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Burden of Justice was created by Jens Lapidus, a criminal defense attorney turned writer and showrunner, best known for his crime novel Snabba Cash (Easy Money), adapted as a film trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman and later reworked by Lapidus himself into a two-season Netflix series.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the decade since, Pacino has regularly screened, edited, rescreened, reedited, thought about, and talked about this movie to anyone who would listen.—
Jimmy Breslin,
Esquire,
20 Mar. 2017
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The Washington Post first reported that Patel had directed agents to review and redact the files in preparation for release.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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According to a Washington Post report over the weekend, Patel recently sent agents to the FBI’s San Francisco office to redact the files before they are released.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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