How to Use edit in a Sentence

edit

1 of 2 verb

• The book was poorly edited.
• This chapter needs to be edited.
• The stories have been edited for a younger audience.
• The software allows you to edit videos on your computer.
• This film has been edited for television.
• Students learn to edit their essays for grammar and punctuation.
• Then the copy edits and the fact check and the legal review.
  — Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
• But there must have been no time to edit out that footage.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• Phil can’t wait till the next day to edit and send his images.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 June 2022
• The image had been edited not to remove her clothes, but to add them.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
• This is a great time for everyone to edit their wardrobes.
  — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
• Some of the answers were edited for length and clarity.
  — Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 22 Jan. 2020
• The film is stark in its refusal to edit away what doesn’t fit with glamour.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2022
• Once their boys got burned out, Dave asked them to teach him how to edit.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• There was an art cart where people could learn to edit short videos, and there were free movies on the lawn.
  — Tess Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Users are able to edit or remove their pronouns at any time.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 13 May 2021
• Students edit the letters and share them with the person.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 11 Apr. 2018
• Husted's face is edited into the picture with duct tape over his mouth.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• There was hardly time to edit, but the shot didn’t need much editing.
  — Matt Cohen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2022
• Note: Some of the answers have been edited and condensed for length.
  — Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
• Cook, the co-author of that report, edited the new study.
  — Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Two days isn’t exactly enough time to film and edit new scenes for the show or anything.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 Mar. 2022
• That's not possible on a live opening night to edit that in.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 July 2020
• But his absence forced Hill to edit his play-call sheet.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2020
• The interview has been edited and condensed for length.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019
• Here are their responses, some of which were edited for space.
  — Kelly Ward, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
• Langston said a decision was made not to edit any team or club photos.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 23 May 2021
• Some of their responses have been lightly edited for style and flow.
  — Manveena Suri, CNN, 8 May 2018
• Whitear planned to edit his final picks for time, but not for content.
  — Reyhan Harmanci, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• Austin took that outline and edited it on his computer.
  — Alyssa Priebe, Woman's Day, 31 July 2017

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edit

2 of 2 noun

• Vogue’s edit of the best sales to shop is a great place to start.
  — Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
• Read on for our edit on the best beauty products of the year.
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 18 Dec. 2017
• And in the ways that memes evolve, some go through a second stage of edits.
  — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 22 May 2018
• By the time the game ended, my work looked like the first edit of a novel.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2 July 2019
• Some of them needed a lot of direction and a lot of help in the edit room.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
• There has been a lot of talk this season about your edit.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• This was my film, and no one was going to change my edit in the end.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
• To prep, shoot, edit — that’s about a year of your life.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
• Our edits would always come in so long — an hour and a half on a cut.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
• That adage about how a film is made three times — on the page, on the set and in the edit — is true.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• Thank you so so much to @brianandsharnafans for this amazing edit.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 13 Feb. 2022
• This might be why Musk is now quibbling about the edit.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2018
• But an edit to make the photo fit in the program's template.
  — Nina Mandell, USA TODAY, 30 May 2017
• Drive is what gets you to the finish line, the final edit, or the summit.
  — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
• Marvel then went to an outside vendor to see the edit through.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023
• Even at four minutes, the radio edit feels a bit too long.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
• But, his edit on the show played into a lot of this in a humorous way.
  — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 1 July 2020
• The big Twitter news this week was, of course, the edit button.
  — WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
• That's one small step for a man, one giant edit for mankind.
  — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019
• Find all these and more in our edit of the best designer ski clothes to sport this season.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2022
• This includes a re-edit and re-design of the layout and text.
  — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• To acquire a beloved puff sleeve dress of your own, shop our edit below.
  — Kristen Bateman, refinery29.com, 25 July 2022
• Their wings make up to seventy edits to the air per second.
  — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• No complaints from this old busted can of biscuits about the edit.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• All trauma gets wiped away with a simple edit of their code.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 7 May 2018
• More was said about Deepti than what was shown in the final edit.
  — Rachel Schonberger, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• See our edit of the best, cute fall jumpsuits at every price point.
  — Teen Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019
• The show is once again giving Tahz the drama queen edit.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• Should he be cut, in the final edit, his name still will be there, twice, at the end.
  — Tim Chitwood, ajc, 22 May 2021
• Erika would win given her lack of a strong edit this season.
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024