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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Its authority to investigate stems from Senate Bill 553, which requires employers to maintain workplace violence prevention plans, and was amended to apply more generally to various industries, including law enforcement.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Those charges, however, were amended when prosecutors filed superseding indictments in both cases in early September.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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Years later, a right-wing party was elected and tried to censor the news and shut the network down.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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This is far from the first time the show's cohosts have been censored on the air for using profanity during the broadcasts.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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To that point, the settlement attempts to correct an economic harm and cannot address possible harms that are contemplated by other areas of law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Therefore, fairness dictates that blue states take action and gerrymander to the greatest extent allowed under federal law to correct the unfair advantage taken by Republicans, thereby leveling the playing field.—
Marc Lampe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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The outlet added that cool nights, sunny days and moderate rainfall are the makings of a nice fall foliage season, while heavy rain, strong winds, or early frost can shorten the season.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Telomeres naturally shorten as people age, but Scott’s exceeded the typical rate.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Insomnia reveals times when the musicians, now geographically divided between East and West coasts, almost reformed, but not quite.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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It was mismanaged for years until recently, when former President Joe Biden reformed it, ultimately forgiving billions of dollars in debt for more than 1 million Americans.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Jurors weren’t persuaded there was a kind of harm to competition that antitrust law ought to remedy.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Red-pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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