- past tense form of rewrite.
rewrote
Example Sentences
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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
Quentin Tarantino told Variety he had a production designer track one down for an opening shot of “Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood” at the Chinese Theatre before he rewrote the script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
He also rewrote contracts so Welltower participated more directly in the gains when its operators filled more apartments and increased rents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Emma rewrote awkward sentences, and if she didn’t understand what he was trying to say, they talked it through so that he could write it in a more lucid fashion.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
