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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyedit
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers meet the federal requirements to understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The infrastructure required for the laser-writing and microscope-reading process is currently designed for massive cloud providers and national archives.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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In January, Moore acknowledged the fire after-action report was edited to reduce criticism of LAFD’s leadership.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Few industries are set to be as upended by AI as the spreadsheet-wrangling, PowerPoint presentation-polishing work done by Wall Street’s youngest bankers.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Lint-free cotton cloths are best for polishing and buffing silver flatware and serving pieces.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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During a year’s moratorium, the county revised rules to ones considered fairly reasonable by everyone.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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The county is in the midst of revising its comprehensive plan with the aid of MKSK Consultants of Columbus, Ohio.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The House and Senate will redraft Healey’s spending blueprint and debate their own versions, typically in April and May.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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For example, when the firm was completing its recent merger, his team created an agentic capability to redraft the bios of the incoming 1,600 attorneys, which needed to be updated to include the new firm’s information and match its existing writing style.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
15 Dec. 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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The song, which will officially come out with the rest of the 10-track album on April 24, is the sort of taut, electrifying blend of rock-for-the-sake-of-rock, Seventies-era glitter metal and power pop that Dave Grohl and company have perfected in recent decades.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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Burch and Sui’s ability to perfect that mix explains why both brands, in business for decades and still independent, are undergoing something of a renaissance.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Rothrock, who subbed in just the eighth minute after Jordan Morris went down with an injury, assisted the Sounders’ opening goal in the 15th minute after a hustle play to keep the ball in play and a cross to Albert Rusnák.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2026
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Sogard subbed in for Contreras in each of Boston’s first two Grapefruit League games and got the start at first Monday in Port Charlotte.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Copyedit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyedit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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