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restyling

verb

present participle of restyle
as in rewriting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restyling
  1. rewriting
  2. reworking
  3. revising
  4. amending
  5. reforming
  6. rectifying
  7. debugging
  8. remedying
Verb
  • Crypto-agility has often been described as the ability to swap algorithms without rewriting applications.
    — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Competing with YouTube Still, Bajaria isn't interested in completely rewriting the rulebook.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of rewriting
Verb
  • But more thought is spent in reworking Ronika’s hairstyle and outfit than in developing her story.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The power plant features titanium headers and an Akrapovič silencer for the exhaust, and is allowed to breathe through a massive front intake that required reworking the steering head.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of reworking
Verb
  • The National Park Service is revising interpretations at its sites to offer an upbeat rendering of human bondage, if slavery is mentioned at all.
    — Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Its valuation can start to look expensive fast once the earnings start revising lower and macro conditions deteriorate.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • The city’s planning director said amending the zoning code to allow data centers in Sacramento would require multiple public hearings.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of amending
Verb
  • The decade-plus of legal oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice experts have said, offers insight into the difficulties of reforming law enforcement agencies charged with endemic racial bias.
    — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Now, there’s a growing coalition trying to revive condo construction in California by reforming a decades-old law that housing advocates and developers say has put a stranglehold on condo development.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of reforming
Verb
  • Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectifying
Verb
  • That single change turns debugging in the dark into a solvable problem.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The courses cover writing, explaining, and debugging advanced formulas, as well as VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP for pulling exact data from massive spreadsheets without endless scrolling.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of debugging
Verb
  • It’s also loaded with ingredients such as ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide that cultivate a youthful look while remedying the common signs of aging.
    — Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Capital Engineering, a mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering firm the district has worked with in the past, has been tapped to help assess the district’s losses and develop a plan for remedying the issue.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of remedying
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“Restyling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restyling. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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