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 rewrote
But 2024 rewrote the weather record book.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Aaron Judge rewrote the New York Yankees’ record books against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
With 2001, Kubrick rewrote the cinematic rulebook, relying on image and sound to tell the story in place of exposition (the first piece of dialogue is 31 minutes in, and the last is 35 minutes before the end).
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, even as most League fans like Arcane, there has been complaining that the events of the show rewrote a ton of existing lore about Piltover and its major characters, which would no doubt be true of other regions featured.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
To notch the victory, Shapiro rewrote the Democratic Party’s playbook in the battleground state that has decided the past two presidential elections.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Along the way, as a young man in 1932, von Neumann rewrote the rules of quantum mechanics, formulating the strange new theory of particles and their fluctuating, probabilistic behavior in the mathematical language used today.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Aaron Judge rewrote the New York Yankees’ record books against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
With 2001, Kubrick rewrote the cinematic rulebook, relying on image and sound to tell the story in place of exposition (the first piece of dialogue is 31 minutes in, and the last is 35 minutes before the end).
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, even as most League fans like Arcane, there has been complaining that the events of the show rewrote a ton of existing lore about Piltover and its major characters, which would no doubt be true of other regions featured.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
To notch the victory, Shapiro rewrote the Democratic Party’s playbook in the battleground state that has decided the past two presidential elections.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Along the way, as a young man in 1932, von Neumann rewrote the rules of quantum mechanics, formulating the strange new theory of particles and their fluctuating, probabilistic behavior in the mathematical language used today.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewrote
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On Friday, Priscilla's former business partners, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko, amended their $50 million lawsuit against Priscilla, alleging that she was involved in Elvis' death.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators, which opposed Tisdel's bill before it was amended, did not respond to a request for its position on the changes to the legislation.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Social media backlash and review-bombing are increasingly leading to books being delayed, revised, or canceled before release.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Jobs numbers have been revised down substantially.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The pair have taken this conceit and reworked it to be about a football player who, after blowing his college career, dons a whole new disguise, that of Chad Powers, and tries to win it all back.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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And Canadian phone giant Telus in 2024 reworked its Stream+ bundle to package Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video in one offering for its mobile phone customers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Witt finished Thursday’s series finale with the biggest hit of the night as the Royals improved to 71-69.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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In addition, Instagram has improved a few other corners to make better use of the larger display.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, Tony Romo’s 10-year, $180 million CBS contract changed the game.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her nails were also changed for each look.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Rewrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewrote. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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