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  • noun Plural form of reworking.

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Examples

  • Lowell called his reworkings of foreign poems imitations.

    Lowell and the Furies Carne-Ross, D.S. 1979

  • Ozomatli stop by from L.A. Jamaicans the Mighty Diamonds and Easy Star A.l-Stars, renowned in hipster circles for their dub reworkings of Radiohead, Pink Floyd and most recently the Beatles, add some pungent island smoke to the romantic bolero-derived expressions of the Dominican Republic's

    Houston Press | Complete Issue 2010

  • Their no-fi Bombed-out reggae and dub reworkings are something I rarely get tired of but haven't heard a whole lot of after a big wave of them hit a couple years back, so when Entracte hit the deck it felt on spot immediately.

    WFMU's Beware of the Blog 2009

  • Their no-fi Bombed-out reggae and dub reworkings are something I rarely get tired of but haven't heard a whole lot of after a big wave of them hit a couple years back, so when Entracte hit the deck it felt on spot immediately.

    WFMU's Beware of the Blog 2009

  • So there are Indian-edged reworkings of blues and country songs from Chuck Berry and Hank Williams, along with driving, so-called sacred steel gospel styles which originated in African-American churches, where lap steel guitar took the place of the organ featuring sacred steel guitar exponents Calvin Cooke and the Campbell Brothers.

    Slide to Freedom (featuring Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt): 20,000 Miles – review 2011

  • The Live album exuberantly mixed bold reworkings of Abdullah Ibrahim, Latin jazz, hints of Thelonious Monk or Stan Tracey, and an eastern-influenced music with echoes of Gilad Atzmon.

    This week's new live music 2012

  • The coming season includes recent reworkings of classics by Jane Austen, James M. Cain and Ray Bradbury, as well as a world premiere based on Greek myth, a work drawn from the words of American servicemen and a contemporary comedy-drama.

    Backstage: Round House's 2011-12 season; plus, meet the Folger's twin Dromios 2011

  • Zahr Stauffer for Gilbertson: She teaches literary reworkings, and loves that experience.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • His own creations, mostly arch reworkings of the classics, have had a rougher critical ride.

    The Royal Ballet: a new era awaits 2011

  • His latest work, Starchitect, picks up where Cardboard Palace left off, dividing ArtSway into grottos, with a starry firmament of cardboard trellises framing ornate reworkings of tat shop finds.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

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