How to Use rewire in a Sentence

rewire

verb
  • This habit rewires your brain to view feedback as help, not harm.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Classrooms were rewired overnight.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That one bass note, dropped three minutes in, that rewires the whole track; that’s our sweet spot.
    — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The best valet stands in town rewire your brain and set you in the proper mood for the night.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • On Wednesday, his brain chemistry rewired.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • If this class of drugs rewires our brains and guts to think of food as just sustenance, the world will be so sad.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Tariffs rewired global supply chains in weeks.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Adults can learn about rewiring lights, or chat with plumbers and roofers about their home remodeling projects.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps looking to ‘rewire’ your thinking is the wrong way to go about this.
    — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Imagine rewiring your belief in yourself even on a small stage, but in front of millions.
    — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s how America is rewiring its grid and why the stakes couldn’t be higher.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The failure rewired Lyles’ approach and set him up for the success of these past three years.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • The non-profit fundraised to rewire the entire building.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The good news is that the brain is highly adaptable and capable of being rewired.
    — Jessica Gomez, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Still, flying to Cancun for a week of sun and sand is not going to rewire your brain.
    — Marta Zaraska, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2023
  • Sort yourself out, rewire your connection to the universe, and then stand back.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Thinking long-term now prevents costly rewiring later.
    — Paul Westall, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • You’re being rewired behind the scenes during this transit, so trust the unseen shifts.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Can the same approach work to rewire the brains of teenagers who have grown up with tech and ultraprocessed foods?
    — Alicia Garceau, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The synapses of your brain are rewiring during Aquarius season.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Intuit Dome wants to rewire fans’ habits and change the way they’re used to rooting for the home team.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Any time he is injured, Bayern’s entire left-side needs to be rewired and loses much of its thrust.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Mastering both can rewire your brain to a more helpful channel and keep it there through any crisis.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • These require a shift in mindset and one that rewires the logic of trust in digital commerce.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • They are being asked to judge whether the organization is being rewired by it.
    — Asif Menghrani, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The units have since been stripped to the studs, and electricians are currently working to rewire.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
  • Just as skin can be toughened through manual labour, so the brain can be rewired to plough through difficulty.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • The simple act of walking can rewire trauma's hold on our nervous systems.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Can Finneas ever see a world in which the brother-sister duo who rewired pop don’t work together?
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
  • This is why things that start off challenging get easier with practice—our brains have rewired themselves.
    — Dr. Deepika Chopra, Flow Space, 16 June 2026

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