Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyediting
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Keep reading for more Quince packing essentials from $40.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Another memorable station in my suspicious/contrarian reading life, but minus points for the nightmares.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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His private 90-minute lessons focus on using smartphones to their full potential, covering topics like framing fast-moving animals, using advanced camera settings, and editing photos with apps.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The videos were apparently chosen for their clear depictions of celebrity faces, and are intended for use in training video-generation and video face-editing models.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Silver Centerpieces For anyone who's ever gotten stuck polishing silver, there's good news.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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When growth takes off, there's often a temptation to start polishing everything.—
Mike Vietri,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the teams’ most recent meeting, Chiefs kicker Matthew Wright, subbing for an injured Butker, doinked a 31-yard field goal off the left upright and through for a 19-17 KC victory.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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With the top offense and defense mostly playing against the second units — with many players subbing in and out of the latter — McCarthy was 7 for 7 with completions to four different receivers on the first drive, and completed three touchdown passes on a late red zone drill.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
20 Aug. 2025
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But others, like Baldwin, a distant cousin of Pauline’s, have already started revising history.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of 2025 was strong, revising previous figures downward and revealing something close to an 80% collapse in hiring, even as inflation crept upwards and layoffs rolled.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nearly 200 Years of Sherry Cask Tradition Founded in 1826 in the Valley of Forgue in Aberdeenshire, GlenDronach has spent almost two centuries quietly perfecting the art of sherry cask maturation.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, Southern bakers have been perfecting this treat for generations, and our recipe masters the most classic version, staying largely the same since its first appearances in our annual Southern Living cookbooks as early as the 1960s and 1970s.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Copyediting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyediting. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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