rewritten

verb

past participle of rewrite
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 The seismic loss of Helen McCrory led to the final season being rewritten. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 Salon menus across the country are being rewritten around it. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Boundaries have been pushed, clothes have gotten smaller, and style rules have been rewritten, and, over the years, the VMAs have delivered no shortage of unforgettable looks. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 The category is being rewritten in real time, and the next 12 to 24 months will decide which players stick. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 Most of these conversations included an admission that the bot’s claims needed to be checked for hallucinations, that prompts had to be rewritten several times to be effective, and that the feedback tended to be positive and surface-level. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 One look at sea surface temperatures from this year compared to past record events shows just how much fossil fuel pollution has rewritten the rules. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 For years the company has rewritten its own rules, redesigned its products, and even bent to the demands of dictators to preserve market access. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The proposal comes as Congress continues to debate the Protect College Sports Act, which has been rewritten repeatedly over the past five months. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewritten
  1. amended
  2. revised
  3. reworked
  4. improved
  5. modified
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  • York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution, but prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Wicks ultimately voted in favor of the bill after policy implications to housing construction were amended out.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of amended
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  • And Congress has yet to pass a new farm bill — a measure that is intended to be revised about every five years to set agriculture policy but has been extended for the last three years.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Those projections were revised down (and revised down again) after a deluge of bad buzz.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of revised
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  • For fall 2026, the focus is on four core jackets, the Karakorum, Verone, Himalaya and Tibb, each reworked with new materials, proportions and details.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Chinese leaders under Deng were able to kickstart China’s era of rapid growth through rural reforms that completely reworked Maoist economic orthodoxy.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reworked
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  • The Ravens are too good at home; the Titans are improved but still struggling to move the ball.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The existing driveway would be improved to separate arena traffic from police department traffic.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of improved
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  • Mercedes-Benz Stadium will also be modified to accommodate the team before its inaugural season.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • These devices were first built for high-energy particle physics but later modified to serve as light sources.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of modified

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