REWRITING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

rewriting

verb

present participle of rewrite

as in amending

to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay. I had to rewrite the computer program.

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Recent Examples of rewriting Both candidates appear to be rewriting their past support while accusing the other of changing their tune. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg kept rewriting the script (because no one really knew what the movie was about), and Richard Burton was too dour and old and hungover. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026 The New Environment of Privacy Emerging technology is rewriting large-scale privacy risk. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Rather than juggling separate tools for writing, editing, grammar checking, AI detection, and rewriting, UmanWrite brings everything into a single platform. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 Going to encampments with different non-profits and doing outreach was like a stepping stone to rewriting the script. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026 Barack Obama poked fun at his infamous decision to wear a tan suit on the season finale of Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, HBO’s history-rewriting comedy starring Larry David and co-produced by the Obamas. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026 But this summer, the fashion crowd is rewriting the narrative. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026 Science purists will note that this strange new world is not the famously gaseous Jupiter, but an extra, science textbook-rewriting ball of rock located roughly where the Asteroid Belt is now. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 23 July 2026

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Verb

The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain.

— Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of amending

Verb

Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy is revising downward its GDP growth forecast in 2026 due to the impact of Russian attacks, which have restricted exports, especially grain through Black Sea ports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Vedder was revising lyrics, and also trying to get the vocal takes up to his standards, which were already quite high.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of revising

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Pawloski said Amazon seemed to invest fewer resources into improving MTurk at the same time as more data labeling services arrived, causing many turkers to shift to competing platforms.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The broader shift is that AI content quality is improving while the barrier to creation is becoming lower.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of improving

Verb

Rather than reworking dishes every few weeks, the kitchen lets the produce dictate the experience.

— Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Pentagon officials, in other words, need to focus on reworking how the military trains, deploys, and enables AI systems—and not just on engineering or buying them.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reworking

Verb

That permit, called a tenant improvement permit, is required for modifying or renovating the interior space of a commercial property and allowed the company to convert the former church into a crematory.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Algorithms already select information, rank information, recommend information, personalize information and can participate in modifying what human beings see, believe, buy, discuss or pay attention to.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of modifying

Verb

The shift toward cost-efficiency in this round of the AI race is also linked to changing decision-makers within enterprises.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The Charlotte City Council spoke with urgency in July about changing local laws so police could more easily crack down on teen takeovers.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of changing

Verb

As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

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