rewriting
- present participle of rewrite.
Example Sentences
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The flurry of votes brought an underwhelming end to the yearlong effort at rewriting the City Charter, L.A.’s municipal governing document.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper.”
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
"We are definitely rewriting history," said Kingsol Chabalala, the DA's mayoral candidate for the Emfuleni municipality that includes Evaton West.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
On Monday, 40 years to the day since Diego Maradona scored twice in a 2-1 quarter-final win over England, Messi was again rewriting football's record books with both goals in a 2-0 victory against Austria.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
The generation of an RNA copy of a gene was termed transcription—referring to the rewriting of a word or sentence in a language close to the original.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
