as in amended
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 rewritten
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2025
With Comet and 1Password working together, it will hopefully be rewritten with trust at the center.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet Southpaw has rewritten the script.
—Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2025
With Comet and 1Password working together, it will hopefully be rewritten with trust at the center.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet Southpaw has rewritten the script.
—Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewritten
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In August, the planning and zoning committee amended the proposal to include conditional use permit and licensing requirements that were previously absent, said Councilman Andrew Owen, who co-sponsored the legislation and chairs the committee.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Congress regularly renewed and amended the Voting Rights Act for more than four decades, with broad bipartisan support.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Such revisions, however, are considered a feature and not a bug of economic data, which is frequently revised – especially as more comprehensive information becomes readily available – to provide a clearer, more accurate picture of the dynamics in play.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The company has revised its September security update and all eligible phones will now receive the fix.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The entire project took around five months—a speedy time frame thanks to Stone’s careful examination of what could be reworked versus what needed to be entirely redone.—
Juliet Izon,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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Reiss’ script was a Black List find that either wasn’t reworked enough by committee or so sanded down in the studio churn that all personality was drained in the process.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Sep. 2025
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Green Bay improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2020.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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For example, telling the AI chatbot to take on the persona of a clinician and asking it one question at a time improved the accuracy of its responses.—
Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Because those systems are becoming more complex, keeping them properly tuned on a new, used or modified car is a challenge.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Rewritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewritten. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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