rewrite
verb (used with object)
to write in a different form or manner; revise.
is rewriting
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present progressiveof rewrite (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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An archaeological site in the Jordan Valley is rewriting the timeline of early human migration.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
But, with each remarkable victory, he is rewriting history at the All England Club.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Long condemned as a traitor, Malinche is being reimagined as a brilliant Indigenous survivor whose intelligence and resilience helped shape Mexico, amid a feminist and cultural reckoning that is rewriting her place in history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Coogler is "rewriting the math entirely," and could enter "a statistical stratosphere no filmmaker has ever touched," Davis wrote.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
I squeeze as I read you—but that, as I say, is rewriting!
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
