REWORKED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

reworked

verb

past tense of rework

as in modified

to make different in some way the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape

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as in edited

to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter

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Recent Examples of reworked In the end, the Padres and Nationals reworked the Soto deal to include San Diego infielder Luke Voit. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Today at work the performance review needs to be reworked like everything else. — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Pro Bowl cornerback Xavien Howard took that approach until his deal got reworked. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 Most of the works are adaptations of existing pieces rather than new commissions, though Devlin’s contribution, Screenshare (2025), was reworked specifically for NMACC. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026 That front bumper is reworked with red accents, and there are dashes of carbon fiber everywhere. — New Atlas, 11 July 2026 For example, unlike a traditional office layout, each apartment unit must have at least one bathroom and a kitchen, which means the plumbing must be reworked. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 It was reworked into a rocker but retains an undeniable Jamaican rhythm. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026 Unlike straw or lower-grade wool blends, beaver felt can be reworked without collapsing its structure, which is what allows hats to be reshaped by hand rather than stamped out of a mold. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026

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Powerful open-weight systems make this work more urgent because their capabilities can be modified and deployed outside the controls of their original developers.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Beep baseball traces its origins to engineer Charlie Fairbanks, who in 1964 modified a softball by inserting an electronic beeping device so that blind children could play the game, the release said.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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The bummer part of the Dome news is the Alamo-ification of the Arclight theaters (not the Dome itself), which will be remodeled to have in-theater food service.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
The building across from our apartment was being remodeled into a three-story Chinese restaurant called El Pacífico.

— Juan Carlos Albarran, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

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The Conditions Producing The Fourth The post-war framework that underpinned global trade and investment decision making is being revised in real time.

— Murthy Maddali, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Regulations could be revised to ramp up solar production, too, and natural gas is back on the table for generating additional capacity.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of revised

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Brooklyn woman's life altered unnecessarily, daughter says Just last year, 67-year-old Yasmin Breeden was always seen smiling, but her daughter says those days are gone.

— Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Watch for signs of heat illness, such as heavy sweating; nausea; headache; dizziness or weakness; cool, pale and clammy skin; altered mental state and loss of consciousness.

— Howard Cohen July 29, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

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In Sunny Isles Beach, another town that’s been remade by major development projects, the Bentley Residences tower is expected to be completed this year.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025

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