How to Use rework in a Sentence

rework

verb
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  • The design has been completely reworked.
  • Now is a good time to remove all the bulbs and rework the bed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • At the very least, the team would try to rework his contract.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Some of the original phrases got reworked in the process.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Your goal is to rework an agreement, not wage war and win at all costs.
    — Jonathan Herpy, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • That was a big reason for the push by MSU to rework his deal and lock up Tucker long-term.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Fox now has some of those projects, which will be reworked for the Thoroughbred slate.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • On Tuesday, the group called for the departments to rework the new edition.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The album notably isn’t the first time St. Vincent has reworked one of her records.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
  • One of the group’s two co-chairs, Bob Bauer, has long sought to rework the federal court system.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The grille, headlamps, and front bumper have been reworked into a more handsome mug.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the puzzles have been reworked, and some of them stopped your author dead in their tracks for more than 5 minutes.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The design team was told this week to rework certain elements of the car, one of the people said.
    — Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow / Bloomberg, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • The attempt to rework how WHO is funded is not the only move afoot to reform the agency.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • But while trying to rework Reed’s contract in 2021, Seattle lost him in free agency to the Chiefs.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The hour crept closer to dawn, and still Usher remained in the booth, working and reworking his lines.
    — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Did you guys rewrite or rework much of the material over the last 3 months?
    — Quentin Singer, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The formula goes to a lab, where the perfume is initially made, and then the team presents it to the client, who may love it or send it back to be reworked.
    — Pia Velasco, Allure, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Google has to rework its plans for a new data center in Chile, to take account of climate change.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • That would give the administration the ability to rework the plan and present it to the voters again.
    — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Top trends: T-shirts worn off body/reworked, chartreuse, heeled mules, fit and flare mermaid skirts.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The team will need to rework his contract this offseason.
    — Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The network already had to rework their fall broadcast schedule due to the strike, as some shows will be delayed.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 17 July 2023
  • The grille has been reworked slightly and the front air inlets on the bumper now carry a Maybach logo motif.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The first bill did not make it through the legislative process, and Tso withdrew his support of the bill in April to rework the proposal.
    — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 20 July 2022
  • The front fascia on both has been reworked, and the vehicle’s lines are sharper than before.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Those wells would also be barred from most permits to deepen or rework the wells.
    — Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Not a big problem, but the Browns are shedding 2023 salary cap room by reworking contracts.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The show began its life at the Almeida Theatre, in London, in 2022, and has been significantly reworked.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
  • For the first release in September, Beyoncé reworked the Levi’s 1985 Launderette ad.
    — Mikelle Street, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024

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