as in alteration
the act, process, or result of making different
a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication
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Recent Examples of revision
The revisions make history crackle again.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The generative model is capable of critiquing itself and making on-screen notes about revisions and improvements.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Payroll revisions for the year ending March 2025 showed a total downward adjustment of 911,000 jobs—much larger than expected—with most of the damage concentrated in the private sector.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The Full Moon in Aries on October 7 shines a light on where your boundaries might need revision.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The generative model is capable of critiquing itself and making on-screen notes about revisions and improvements.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Payroll revisions for the year ending March 2025 showed a total downward adjustment of 911,000 jobs—much larger than expected—with most of the damage concentrated in the private sector.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The Full Moon in Aries on October 7 shines a light on where your boundaries might need revision.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revision
Noun
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According to a Google translation, commenters on Chinese social media site Douban allege that AI was used in the film’s alteration.—
James Factora,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
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The hem often falls well below where it’s supposed to, requiring alterations that are time-consuming and add to the cost.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the carrier avoided big changes in the process and instead focused on a deal with its bondholders, which exchanged almost $800 million in debt for equity, and it was greeted after bankruptcy with persistently higher costs and weaker-than-expected domestic travel demand.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The public health world is nervously bracing for drastic changes to childhood immunization schedules, which would further limit access to vaccines, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets Thursday and Friday.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The only difference is that reflective tint in most states is not allowed anywhere on the windshield and can't be more than 35% on the front and rear windows.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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However, there's a significant difference between containing and controlling a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Milwaukee Common Council is floating a measure to waive city fees for businesses looking to make accessibility modifications to their buildings.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every action and joke is captured on live cameras, with no opportunity to edit or revise.—
Stacey Stratton,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a memo obtained from his office ahead of the May revise, Newsom attributed the general fund’s $16 billion hit to a mix of declines in the stock market, and less business and personal income tax revenue than expected, all driven by tariffs.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Many of the people who commented on the amendment said they were appalled by O’Hare’s cuts to the Democrats’ budgets.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
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If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment?—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Revision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revision. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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