RED-PENCILED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

red-penciled

verb

past tense of red-pencil

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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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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Later, in 2020, the Children's Trust was amended to allow the Kittrells' son to transfer the trust assets to another trust (including another trust created by the Kittrells), subject to the Kittrells' consent.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Dorsey has said the charter should be amended to give the mayor and City Council more governing flexibility.

— Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

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Ana Navarro and Joy Behar were both censored on today’s episode of The View.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
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

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The all-hands that’s never skipped, shortened, or rescheduled; the Slack response that’s never further than 20 minutes away; the LinkedIn post that's never late.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Next season, Rutschman’s final year under club control, might be shortened or canceled by a lockout.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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