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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, ree-rahyt] / riˈraɪt, ˈriˌraɪt /
VERB
revise
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The plan is not binding but serves as a statement of the administration's priorities as Congress begins drafting spending legislation, with lawmakers retaining the power to rewrite or reject it.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The expected tariff changes would come after months of deliberations inside the administration over how to rewrite steel and aluminum tariffs to simplify compliance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When Idle penned his own rewrite, he recalled thinking, “Woof, I like this.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Some of those clients are middlemen, running their own application counseling services overseas and asking me to rewrite hundreds of essays that were translated into English using A.I.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

This was bad news for Hutton, of course, but good news for science as it cleared the way for a man named John Playfair to rewrite Hutton’s work without fear of embarrassment.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson