redrawing

verb

present participle of redraw
as in rewriting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redrawing
  1. rewriting
  2. revising
  3. reworking
  4. amending
  5. rectifying
  6. correcting
  7. reforming
  8. debugging
Verb
  • The findings are rewriting how specialists think about one of the most common and most dismissed complaints in women’s health.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The activities bleed treacherously into each other—editing can involve rewriting, and writing, certainly in my case anyway, involves self-editing.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of rewriting
Verb
  • Morgan Stanley has been revising its earnings estimates higher for companies including ExxonMobil (XOM), Valero (VLO), Phillips 66 (PSX) and PBF (PBF).
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The United Arab Emirates is reportedly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project following the Iranian strikes.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • To update the original design, from the spring 1997 couture collection, current Chanel designer Matthieu Blazy added his own touches to the silhouette—reworking it with a sweetheart neckline and a more structured shape.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
  • How designers are reworking the classic liner Contemporary labels are reworking traditional military liners into standalone outerwear rather than treating them solely as removable inserts.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reworking
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  • Walls, in contrast, supports amending the policy so those charged with certain offenses no longer qualify for pretrial release.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • At the ballot box, voters have overwhelmingly rejected major pieces of the party’s agenda, including an effort to weaken their power to bypass the legislature by amending the constitution or putting laws passed by lawmakers to a statewide vote.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of amending
Verb
  • Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectifying
Verb
  • What can wait beyond the first day Some recovery tasks will continue beyond the first day, including disputing fraudulent accounts, correcting credit reports and following up with creditors.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • During practice, Blanco runs the mariachi through the setlist, correcting an out-of-tune student and improving an intonation.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of correcting
Verb
  • Over time, the objectives of this opposition have shifted from reforming the regime to challenging its authority.
    — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The population consisted of workers transforming the strip of land to be habitable, even desirable, reforming the cluster into a model of hospitality.
    — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of reforming
Verb
  • That single change turns debugging in the dark into a solvable problem.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The courses cover writing, explaining, and debugging advanced formulas, as well as VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP for pulling exact data from massive spreadsheets without endless scrolling.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of debugging
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