rewrite
verb (used with object)
to write in a different form or manner; revise.
rewriter
-
a word derived from
rewrite.
Example Sentences
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Lee admits to being “more of a rewriter than a writer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
More evidence for “sways,” except Springsteen was a compulsive rewriter, and the name Anne makes it clear that these were only draft lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
He has always been a compulsive rewriter, adding lines and even entire scenes at the last minute.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
Brogan: Are you a total rewriter, or are you just a sentence fiddler?
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2017
He was a writer and not a rewriter.
From Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis by Various
