RED-PENCILING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

red-penciling

verb

present participle of red-pencil

as in amending

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 censoring

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

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The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain.

— Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of amending

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Aguirre’s interviews are carefully edited with bleeps, censoring the ‘cabr—s’, the ‘hijos de p—s’ and ‘carambas’.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026

Definition of censoring

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As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of correcting

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Clinical Trial Recruitment AI can accelerate clinical trial participant matching by scanning records against eligibility criteria, shortening recruitment dramatically.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
All of this can lead to higher repair costs, not to mention shortening your vehicle’s lifespan.

— Molly Burford, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of shortening

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For organizers who gathered, the demand goes beyond reforming how the technology is used.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In parallel, the United Kingdom is also seeking to accelerate its own regulatory processes by reforming its framework for rare disease therapies.

— Kimberley Jane Barnes, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of reforming

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Both candidates appear to be rewriting their past support while accusing the other of changing their tune.

— Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg kept rewriting the script (because no one really knew what the movie was about), and Richard Burton was too dour and old and hungover.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of rewriting

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