recopy

verb

Definition of recopynext
as in to redact

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Recent Examples of recopy This process of underlining, copying, and recopying is the backbone of Newsom’s working life. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 To counter the faulty machinery, election workers will have to manually recopy the mail-in ballots with illegible barcodes into new ballots under the election code, but every valid vote ultimately will be counted properly, Garcia said last week. — Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recopy
  1. redact
  2. print
  3. compile
  4. abridge
  5. publish
  6. blue-pencil
  7. engross
  8. annotate
Verb
  • So fans should brace themselves for a Hot Girl [season redacted].
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The business’ name and address were redacted from court documents.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of redact
Verb
  • Receipts are printed on a special type of paper – thermal paper – which often contains chemicals called bisphenols.
    — Sean McCann, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • After some pushback, the city printed copies of the slideshow, minus the one slide.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of print
Verb
  • Those new details were included in the lengthy confidential investigative report compiled by Cornell and reviewed by ABC News.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • BackpackBuckyChunkMarshmallowStudious Share full article Whet Moser, Daniel Ajootian and the staff of the Morning newsletter compiled this week’s quiz.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of compile
Verb
  • Trump is selling an alternative America, with the messiest chapters abridged or excluded.
    — Arthur Krystal, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
  • It is abridged, so there’s not nearly as many 90-page digressions or pseudoscientific cetology musings.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Definition of abridge
Verb
  • The grim findings come from a survey of 524 disability care providers published Wednesday by ANCOR, an advocacy group for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    — STAT, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • An art book highlighting her career, fashion and artistic collaborations, Ongoing was published under Rizzoli International Publications.
    — Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of publish
Verb
  • Before getting sunk by a turgid love story — the kind of cinematic dead zone Thalberg would have blue-penciled in the screenplay stage — The Last Tycoon provides a good sense of what a producer actually does.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of blue-pencil
Verb
  • Her engrossing documentary puts the viewer in a deeply personal position with its subject.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026
  • This plot and the film’s glossy aping of grindhouse aesthetics suggest the movie will be gnarly and boldly engrossing.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of engross
Verb
  • Its specialized hardware-level matte finish diffuses ambient reflections and drastically filters blue light, delivering a true paper-like texture for reading e-books and annotating documents without visual fatigue.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026
  • My team has had projects with perfectly annotated and stabilized data that was so limited that their model couldn’t perform accurately at scale.
    — Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of annotate

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“Recopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recopy. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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