blue-penciled

past tense of blue-pencil

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-penciled
Verb
  • The department deleted the post, and Mayor Bill Bazzi said the idea for a badge shouldn't have been presented as an official protype.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That post has since been deleted.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Blue-penciled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-penciled. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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