1
as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print
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2
as in to censor
to remove objectionable parts from
a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness
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Already, some of the challengers to Mr. Trump's birthright citizenship policy have amended or filed new lawsuits as class-actions.—
Melissa Quinn
July 9,
CBS News,
9 July 2025 -
The Act would have amended the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, a law that amended the Truth in Lending Act of 1968.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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More urgently, defunding and censoring science could have dramatically negative consequences for all Americans.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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That’s something that archaeological reports released by the city in the past have routinely included without censoring.—
Andres Viglucci
July 4,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2025
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Rework alone—correcting things that have simply been done wrong—accounts for 12% of the cost of projects, on average.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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The firm removes the product from the market or corrects the violation.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
3 July 2025
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Linking Brazil's Atlantic coast with the Pacific Ocean in Peru could shorten shipping times to Asian markets by as much as 12 days compared with current routes passing through the Panama Canal.—
Theo Burman
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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For injuries, vibration therapy can shorten healing time.—
Kristin Auble,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
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Corey Husak, who directs tax policy at the liberal Center for American Progress, listed off more incremental policies, including reforming and raising the estate tax, ending various preferential treatments of business income, and changing how capital gains are taxed.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Jonah was one of four Ethiopian children adopted by the couple in 2012, about three years before Matt Bevin ran for governor on a platform that in part aimed to reform the state's adoption and foster care system.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Poor sleep exacerbates many of the chronic conditions that the movement is focused on remedying.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 July 2025
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To remedy this issue dealers will replace the cylinder head assembly for free.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
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“Red-pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencil. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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