rewire
Americanverb (used with object)
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rewires,
present (3rd person singular)
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rewired,
past participle, past
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rewiring
present participle
verb (used without object)
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rewires,
present (3rd person singular)
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rewired,
past participle, past
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rewiring
present participle
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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rewiresimple
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rewiressimple
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have rewiredperfect
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has rewiredperfect
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am rewiringprogressive
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are rewiringprogressive
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is rewiringprogressive
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have been rewiringperfect progressive
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has been rewiringperfect progressive
Past
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rewiredsimple
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had rewiredperfect
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was rewiringprogressive
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were rewiringprogressive
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had been rewiringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of rewire
Example Sentences
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This phase is now over, he said, in reference to past themes about the need to rewire an economy that grew too comfortable and complacent because of preferred access to the U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“You must rewire your brain. I … urge … you,” she enunciated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In January, Jones announced a plan to "rewire Whitehall" with initiatives including reducing bureaucratic checks and setting up taskforces to drive through policy priorities.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
These things do not have to rewire every element of day-to-day life to be unbelievable.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
Now all he had to do was rewire the radio, send a message, and wait for his contact to arrive.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
So once we accept that the brain rewires itself actively, and changes even while we are adults, the argument that brain training can make and keep your brain healthier becomes highly plausible.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge report that the human brain moves through five "major epochs" as it rewires itself from early development to late old age.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025
"The brain rewires across the lifespan. It's always strengthening and weakening connections and it's not one steady pattern - there are fluctuations and phases of brain rewiring," Dr Alexa Mousley told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
In such top skaters, the brain accepts the slipping feeling and rewires connections in the cerebellum, an area linked to balance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
“That’s amazing. My mother says they’re superhuman. Their second operation augments all their muscles and rewires their nervous system. And they’re so scary-looking, a lot of people just panic the first time they see one.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Betty Matheson, 78, was forced out of her privately-rented home and was unable to return for several months while the house was gutted, rewired and restored.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Addressing staff, he said it would be the "nerve centre for a rewired Britain" and not a "short-lived gimmick".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
You start to realize that it’s kind of rewired people’s brains.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The play, which takes place in the period predating smartphones, offers a microcosm of American life, not unlike the Grover’s Corners of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” before our brains were all rewired.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Livingston and Henderson rewired the switch and trained the deuteron beam on a carbon target for a quarter of an hour.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Burnham has pledged a rewiring of the British state.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The company is rewiring those sensors to detect small molecules released in the air by plants known as volatiles, which are especially useful in greenhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Turning neurogenesis back on may be a way to treat depression in some people by rewiring their hippocampus circuit."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Phillips, who last week talked about rewiring his rehab mindset, has already surrendered four home runs in just seven outings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Today he’d removed it from the control panel and shut down Festus the figurehead for maintenance—something about rewiring his processor for a motor-control upgrade with the sphere, whatever the heck that meant.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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