rewrote

past tense of rewrite

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Recent Examples of rewrote When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 However, even as most League fans like Arcane, there has been complaining that the events of the show rewrote a ton of existing lore about Piltover and its major characters, which would no doubt be true of other regions featured. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 To notch the victory, Shapiro rewrote the Democratic Party’s playbook in the battleground state that has decided the past two presidential elections. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 Along the way, as a young man in 1932, von Neumann rewrote the rules of quantum mechanics, formulating the strange new theory of particles and their fluctuating, probabilistic behavior in the mathematical language used today. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewrote
Verb
  • Soil quality is always an issue, but even the poorest soils can be amended with organic material to support garden growth.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The bill, though amended, still takes $1 billion away from local governments.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • At Ulta Beauty Our best-selling blazer reworked in a TENCEL™ Lyocell and cotton blend.
    Ulta Beauty, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The tune was reworked by the Yun Seok Cheol Trio, a renowned jazz group based in South Korea.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In reading, both fourth and eighth graders’ results are down from 2022, while in math, fourth-grade scores have not improved since before the pandemic and eighth-grade scores are at their lowest in decades.
    Thibaut Delloue, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
  • With Friday’s victory, the Heat improved to 9-20 this season against teams currently with a winning record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Please note that no Board policies have changed at this time.
    CB Cotton, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Gray has changed grocery store chains for her weekly shopping.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Rewrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewrote. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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