Rewriting is an English word with synonyms like revising or editing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rewriting in a sentence
Related words
Rewriting meaning
- The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
- Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.
Using Rewriting
- The main meaning on this page is: The process or result of writing again; a rewrite. | Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.
- Useful related words include: revising, editing, redaction.
- In the example corpus, rewriting often appears in combinations such as: rewriting the, rewriting of, rewriting history.
Context around Rewriting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rewriting
- In this selection, "rewriting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, encourage, prohibiting, completely, submissions, relay and history stand out and add context to how "rewriting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and encourage rewriting submissions while and banning to rewriting black american. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rewriting" sits close to words such as aadhaar, adler and alexandre, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rewriting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Streamlining product lines and rewriting software also score highly. (9 words)
We see dangerous attempts at neo-Nazi revanchism, denial, erasure and rewriting of history. (14 words)
It has played its fair share in rewriting the fate and view of meme coins. (15 words)
The Citadel, a military academy in South Carolina, is rewriting its history to include stories of enslaved people working at the school as well as the attendance of cadets recruited from overseas, including Cuba and China. (36 words)
We have now reached the dystopia sought by Marcuse and Firestone: a world in which all the elites in our society participate in the rewriting of durable societal norms in favor of unending sexual gratification. (35 words)
But over time, the Court placed itself above the Basic Laws too—not only by rewriting them, but also by declaring itself the final arbiter of whether they are valid in the first instance. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cleanly separating mail into submission and relay was seen as a way to permit and encourage rewriting submissions while prohibiting rewriting relay.
At the premiere for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse spoke to Pemberton about "rewriting the rules" for the superhero genre.
A Ukrainian sniper claims to have smashed the record for the longest kill shot in history, with the country's special forces saying their shooters are 'rewriting the rules of global sniping'.
But over time, the Court placed itself above the Basic Laws too—not only by rewriting them, but also by declaring itself the final arbiter of whether they are valid in the first instance.
Coupled with advances in science aimed at decoding and rewriting of brain functions are widespread and pose a discernible risk, Farahany argues, and one that requires urgent action to bring under agreed controls.
Go’s novel lets the Marcoses off too easily as well, overlooking their role in rewriting history and obscuring their wrongs.
If architecture can kill democracy, the PM has already succeeded even without rewriting the Constitution,” Ramesh said.
It has played its fair share in rewriting the fate and view of meme coins.
It took a lot of rewriting, and it was especially important to have other perspectives.
It was a slippery slope in Florida to go from “don’t say gay” policies, to book banning, to rewriting black American history for the benefit of a political agenda.
Jot down ways to improve a section for later rather than rewriting sentences ad nauseam now.
Once again, however, this was an example of completely rewriting the characters from the source material.
Rewriting the other parts of the Charter would entail a longer, perhaps an open-ended period,” Rodriguez said.
Streamlining product lines and rewriting software also score highly.
The Citadel, a military academy in South Carolina, is rewriting its history to include stories of enslaved people working at the school as well as the attendance of cadets recruited from overseas, including Cuba and China.
The most common reason for rewriting — covering plaques for French explorer Jacques Cartier, Alberta's Bar U Ranch and Nunavut's Kekerten Island Whaling Station — are "colonial assumptions," the document says.
The rest of the play unfolded in a similar manner, as the actors were constantly interrupted by the playwright rewriting their scenes.
The Simpsons took a big risk by rewriting the beloved episode "Cape Feare," but it was a good decision.
We have now reached the dystopia sought by Marcuse and Firestone: a world in which all the elites in our society participate in the rewriting of durable societal norms in favor of unending sexual gratification.
We see dangerous attempts at neo-Nazi revanchism, denial, erasure and rewriting of history.
Common combinations with rewriting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rewriting the 36×
- rewriting of 21×
- rewriting history 19×
- of rewriting 17×
- and rewriting 10×
- by rewriting 8×
- for rewriting 6×
- the rewriting 6×
- rewriting and 5×
- is rewriting 5×