reworking

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By the end of the fittings, Hallyday had recut and resewn all three pieces several times, adjusting shades of white, reworking the skirt’s fabrics and refining the jacket’s cut, which was her biggest challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The biologist Michael Levin gets closer to the hard problem: The self, he claims, is memory reworking itself as circumstances demand, and consciousness the feeling of being “in charge of constant self-construction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The script, which is competing in the best adapted screenplay category, is a reworking of "Save the Green Planet," a 2003 film by Korean writer Jang Joon-hwan.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

The new number one is a duet reworking of a track of the same name taken from Fender's third studio album, the Mercury Prize-winning People Watching.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

On some, intelligent life may have evolved, reworking the planetary surface in some massive engineering enterprise.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan