rewriting history

collocation in English

meaningsofrewriteandhistory

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rewrite
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.raɪt/us
/ˈriː.raɪt/
the act of writing a book, speech, etc. again, in order to improve it or change it because new information ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofrewriteandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrewriting history

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This isrewritinghistoryin the grand manner.
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A central part of the description of arewritinghistoryis the description of the local actions that take place between causally dependent nodes.
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So there is a large dose ofrewritinghistory.
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Redefining their pledges andrewritinghistorywill not work.
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He is much better at that than atrewritinghistory.
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However, if we are not careful, the debate will end uprewritinghistoryand defending 18 years of neglect of our post offices.
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I am not in favour ofrewritinghistory.
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You arerewritinghistory, but the facts do not change.
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There is a recognition of the impossibility ofrewritinghistory.
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Rewritinghistorycauses many of the measure's problems.
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But we arerewritinghistorywhen it comes to clause 2.
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He wasrewritinghistoryslightly.
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Rewritinghistorynow will not help.
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It can be seen from the debate that there is a danger inrewritinghistoryand in indulging in the pastime of hindsight, which is a temptation to us all.
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There is nothing likerewritinghistory.
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They help create documentation that prevents repressive regimes fromrewritinghistoryand denying the past.
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Breaking historical news andrewritinghistorybooks has always been a hallmark of the journal.
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The term airbrushed out has come to meanrewritinghistoryto pretend that something was never there.
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However, it was cancelled in an outcry aboutrewritinghistorybecause all the depicted firefighters are white.
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He then gives his research and advanced technology to younger versions of himself, which gives him more power due torewritinghistoryover and over.
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