rewrite
verb (used with object)
to write in a different form or manner; revise.
was rewriting
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past progressiveof rewrite.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Down a busy street in Sants, Maleducat was rewriting Catalan home cooking with a straight face.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
Tesla, meanwhile, said in July that it was rewriting its vehicles’ software to support alternative chips.
From The Verge ● Aug. 19, 2021
Now, in the gathering dark, Gold was rewriting the ending to one that emphasized his acceptance of the dog’s true nature.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2020
“FDR was able to accomplish what he did in the first hundred days only because the Great Depression was rewriting the rules of the game,” says Margaret O’Mara, a historian at the University of Washington.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2017
Rasba took up the pages of the notes which Terabon was rewriting.
From The River Prophet by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
