rewrite
verb (used with object)
to write in a different form or manner; revise.
have been rewriting
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present perfect progressiveof rewrite.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles and Philadelphia are among other cities and districts where the police or city leaders have been rewriting the rules for routine traffic stops.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2022
After the Supreme Court ruling, many agencies — the Pentagon and the Internal Revenue Service among them — have been rewriting their regulations to define marriage in gender-neutral terms.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2013
Publications have been rewriting other publication's stories since the dawn of journalism.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2011
In recent years, however, American historians have been rewriting the story.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2010
I have been rewriting and polishing portions of my essay on Buddha.
From Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
