Definition of "rewriting" []

• The process or result of writing again; a rewrite. (noun)
• A wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms (noun)
• Present participle of rewrite. (verb)

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• "These tantalizing clues led Ms. Wexler to other sources and, ultimately, to what she described as a rewriting of the disease's narrative."
• "In a letter to the gallery director Martin Sullivan, he has asked the Smithsonian to rewrite the text, to avoid what he calls rewriting history."
• "Or perhaps rewriting is a better metaphor than over-writing."