copyedits

verb

present tense third-person singular of copyedit
as in reads

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  1. reads
  2. edits
  3. polishes
  4. revises
Verb
  • Then Anna fails Room 7 and winds up back in Room 8, where Becca swaps the players’ table positions, so Ify reads the win condition as well and leaves.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Sit still for hours, and blood flow to your brain dips slightly, but your brain notices the shortfall of oxygen and reads it as tiredness.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of reads
Verb
  • Yet when the England versus Norway matchup became official, social media was immediately flooded with photos, videos, edits, and mashups of the two in their yellow and black bumble bee Dortmund uniforms.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
  • Jimmy Boegle edits and publishes the Reno News & Review and the Coachella Independent in Palm Springs and is a past president of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of edits
Verb
  • Through processing that polishes the individual wool fibers, the technology allows wool to have more luster, a softer hand feel, drape and elastic recovery.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • Expect to see even tinier dots and minuscule French tips atop jelly polishes in summery shades like fuchsia and blood orange.
    — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 4 June 2026
Definition of polishes
Verb
  • Pressing for clearer answers For months, frustration among stakeholders has centered on numbers that keep shifting as the district revises its budget projections.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • One area where Goldman explicitly revises its prior pessimism is jobs — though not in the direction AI boosters would prefer.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Definition of revises
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