copyedits

present tense third-person singular of copyedit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyedits
Verb
  • To keep the room bright and inviting without veering into stark, Scott painted the walls and ceiling a sandy tone (Valspar Quill) that reads paler in the daylight.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Then, being a better decision-maker with the ball, being a better roller, good reads off the short roll.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Faster edits shorten the path from decision to buyer, while aligned pages present cleaner information at the moment of choice.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Slovak edits a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including memoir, cultural history, science, and natural history.
    Paul Slovak September 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The single-button power control is a favorite feature of our reviewer Williams, as well as the fluffy optic cleaner head that cleans and polishes her hard floors.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Next, the gel polishes themselves had to work with the specific wavelengths of the Olive & June lamp.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at very high energies, a finding that revises previous expectations about the building blocks of matter.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to that particular month’s jobs information, the report also revises up or down the previous two months’ jobs totals.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Copyedits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyedits. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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