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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyedit
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Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025 -
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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Although a text-to-image generation tool primarily, users have been using it to edit photos, create figurines, and recreate old photographs.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Anthropic updated the rule in July, allowing prospective hires to polish their resumes, cover letters, and applications with the advanced tech.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Egos will not be polished but pushed to one side as Tuchel looks for chemistry and cohesion in his group.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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While a university panel ultimately concluded there was no ongoing problem in the department, the incident gained national prominence and prompted Columbia to revise its process for reviewing complaints against faculty.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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The company had initially aimed to install 2,000 new stations this year, but later revised that to 1,800–2,000.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Unless otherwise noted, all stats are tailored to redraft, half-PPR, 1-QB leagues, and ADPs are via Fantasy Football Calculator. Figure out a way to acquire Chase Brown Few players have drawn preseason praise like Bengals RB Chase Brown.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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If ballot language is struck down in court, Hoskins will get three opportunities to write his own before the courts can redraft the wording.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the decade since, Pacino has regularly screened, edited, rescreened, reedited, thought about, and talked about this movie to anyone who would listen.—
Jimmy Breslin,
Esquire,
20 Mar. 2017
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But this movie perfected the clichés, while offering a unified field theory of the modern romantic comedy in the process.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The show employs their own glam professionals who all take turns perfecting each person's hair and makeup.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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By subbing in Washington-Los Angeles, the league is providing Fox with a far stronger option now that Burrow is in recovery mode.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Last season, to get an extra boost in the running game, the Bills would sub in reserve offensive lineman Alec Anderson for a skill position player.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Copyedit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyedit. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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