rewrite
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Sumner was a radical Republican on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement, and as an abolitionist, he was fighting to rewrite the Constitution using Frederick Douglass’ language.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
"No bank or mortgage lender could retrospectively rewrite the terms of a loan like that. It simply wouldn't be allowed. So why should the government be able to do it?"
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
We can’t rewrite the family circumstances students were born into, but we can be honest about how family shapes student outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
If making money were as easy as we make it seem when we rewrite history, then why diversify or hedge your bets?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
I’m going to rewrite all his poems in English for him.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
"The study rewrites the timeline for the koala's genetic history in Australia," says PhD student Toby Kovacs, who led the research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
When Euphoria first launched, it quickly became one of the defining shows of its generation, but after a five-year break marked by strikes, rewrites and cast departures, it returned to a noticeably more divided response.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
In situations when clients wanted more-substantial rewrites, I could charge a few hundred dollars for an essay.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Simply for the sake of mixing up the challenge and shuffling the pack, F1 rewrites its entire rulebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
This is a constant struggle around my mother, who systematically rewrites history to suit her views of the world.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
As the production fell further and further behind schedule, Mr. Pallenberg frantically rewrote the ending, blithely confessing that he tinkered around with killing off this or that character as the mood struck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Congress rewrote the charitable-deduction rules, effective Jan. 1, 2026, with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and every change pushed value away from the deduction and toward your adjusted gross income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rather than simply replicate the original, Nash rewrote parts of the song and added a new verse reflecting her own experience of dual identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
In March 2025, he rewrote the novel in five days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
But we rewrote it, because we didn’t want the officer to hate us.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
A judge ruled the legislature’s summary unfair and ordered it rewritten.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
And the terms are being rewritten in real time by the sole signatory.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
He pointed to disagreements in the Beatles and the Rolling Stones: “People are going to feel underappreciated, the leader is an easy target, and histories get rewritten through each individual’s eyes,” White wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“The future may yet be rewritten, by those who can find the beauty in the darkness,” Ama says, the light from the fire casting onto her face.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
But I remember rewriting several sentences of my own work in the hopes of satisfying this new integrity god.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Galperin said she has seen how creators of stalkerware have resisted changing their product function in favor of rewriting ad copy to say their software is meant for parents, employees or “building trust in relationships.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Magyar has estimated rewriting the constitution would take one or one and a half years, promising to launch consultations on it next month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the process, they are rewriting the rules of retirement and aging, when people are expected to move into smaller homes to save money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
