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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 rewrote
The feature’s lead male role was originally written for a white actor, but when Sukku — a very popular Korean actor — expressed interest in the project, Ahn rewrote the character to be a Korean American adoptee.
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
It was originally written differently, and then Jacob rewrote that.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Museveni rewrote Uganda’s constitution to remove presidential term limits, sidelining rivals in a nation with a history of unpeaceful transfers of power.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
That mandatory payment would be far smaller if City Hall heeded the 60% of city voters in 2006 who rewrote the City Charter to authorize outsourcing of many services, only to see the potent money-saving tool mostly be put on the shelf ever since.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Federal rescheduling efforts signaled momentum at the national level, while Congress rewrote hemp definitions to ban products such as delta-8 and THCA flower.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The court rewrote the question that will appear on the ballot in more politically-neutral language.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Stoppard also rewrote and polished the final draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade under the pen name Barry Watson almost one week before the movie went into production.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2025
The Terminator rewrote the future by erasing the past.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
It was originally written differently, and then Jacob rewrote that.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Museveni rewrote Uganda’s constitution to remove presidential term limits, sidelining rivals in a nation with a history of unpeaceful transfers of power.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
That mandatory payment would be far smaller if City Hall heeded the 60% of city voters in 2006 who rewrote the City Charter to authorize outsourcing of many services, only to see the potent money-saving tool mostly be put on the shelf ever since.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Federal rescheduling efforts signaled momentum at the national level, while Congress rewrote hemp definitions to ban products such as delta-8 and THCA flower.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The court rewrote the question that will appear on the ballot in more politically-neutral language.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Stoppard also rewrote and polished the final draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade under the pen name Barry Watson almost one week before the movie went into production.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2025
The Terminator rewrote the future by erasing the past.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewrote
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The agency’s authority to investigate stems from Senate Bill 553, which was amended to broaden the scope of employers, including law enforcement agencies, to maintain workplace violence prevention plans.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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An earlier update from King Soopers had listed some locations in Boulder and Littleton but the company amended its location list to include five fewer locations, lowering the number of gas stations impacted to 14 locations.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck, a witness called by Democrats, said the nondisclosure process followed then-existing DOJ guidelines and that Congress only revised notification rules after a 2024 inspector general report.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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That has been revised to 2027-28.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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The diplomatic fallout has been reworked into cooperation between the two countries.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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For Ann Lee, an arthouse musical that counts among its closest antecedents Robert Eggers’ The Witch and the Björk-starring Dancer in the Dark, Blumberg reworked and retrofitted 10 traditional Shaker hymns, and recorded Seyfried and the other actors live on set.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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LeBron James scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half as Los Angeles improved to 3-1 on an eight-game trip.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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An indicator of overall loan demand improved for a second quarter but remained far below its level in late 2024, according to a separate survey of banks.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Carl Phillips on writing the poems that changed the course of his life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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