red-penciled

verb

past tense of red-pencil
1
as in amended
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print

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2
as in censored
to remove objectionable parts from a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness

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  1. amended
  2. censored
  3. corrected
  4. shortened
  5. edited
Verb
  • But, citing a need for competition and consumer choice, Accra amended Next Gen Infraco’s license in March.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • The difficulty is that Congress has repeatedly amended these rules over the last century.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of amended
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  • In China, state media has covered the cases comprehensively, but wider discussion about the prosecutions on Chinese-language social media like Rednote has been partially censored.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Like many women writers of the nineteenth century, she was censored and later forgotten.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of censored
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  • This post was corrected to reflect that the WHCA dinner will be held at the Waldorf Astoria.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026
  • Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 corrected a historical exclusion against women in the workforce, using incentives and quotas to address the imbalance.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of corrected
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  • Hayward and Bienvenue also recognized that their stories had been shortened for the show, so audiences did not see all of the necessary context for their engagement.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • The company was able to join the exchange due to a recent rule change that shortened the eligibility period to 15 trading days for newly public companies.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of edited
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“Red-penciled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-penciled. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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