RESTYLING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

restyling

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present participle of restyle

as in rewriting

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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

Definition of rewriting

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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
Elena Bonvicini founded the brand 10 years ago as a high schooler reworking vintage Levi’s into new garments.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of reworking

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Prosecutors this week unveiled a new indictment against the man accused of igniting last year’s deadly fire in the Palisades, nixing one of the three original charges and revising the other two after a mistrial in federal court this summer.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
When medications are unavailable because of shortages or become unaffordable because of coverage changes, practices are left managing patient frustration, identifying alternatives, and revising treatment plans.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of revising

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Encinitas began amending its municipal codes related to bike usage in June 2023 after e-bike use began soaring.

— Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Republican lawmakers acknowledged shortcomings in their proposals to eliminate the income tax and raise the bar for amending the state Constitution.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of amending

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For organizers who gathered, the demand goes beyond reforming how the technology is used.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In parallel, the United Kingdom is also seeking to accelerate its own regulatory processes by reforming its framework for rare disease therapies.

— Kimberley Jane Barnes, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of reforming

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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

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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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Taking the time to figure out where the block is happening and remedying it in a gentle manner is always the best way to go.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them.

— Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

Definition of remedying

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