refactoring
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No one could predict how the line would shift, let alone the ordering, in a major refactoring.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2022
“Rumor says they’re going to do a refactoring, major criteria changes, in a few months.”
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2022
It was the beginning of a reckoning for Facebook and the industry at large, which set to work refactoring its APIs and rethinking how it handles consumer data in general.
From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2019
In the case of James Talcott, Inc. these new industries are largely handled by associated factors, the company itself merely refactoring, which is analogous to rediscounting in banking.
From Time Magazine Archive
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