1
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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Rebecca Green, a law professor and director of the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School in Virginia, said the court there rejected the redistricting plan based on narrow grounds pertaining to Virginia law on amending the state Constitution, which doesn’t apply in California.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026 -
That act, of amending Jefferson’s original draft, edit upon edit, has been the story not only of new nation-states declaring their independence but also of people within nation-states.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Residents began self-censoring in private chats and deleting posts out of fear of reprisal.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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Meta executives emphasized at trial that the company continuously improves safety and addresses compulsive social media use without infringing on free speech or censoring users.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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If correcting automated categories feels frustrating, manual budgeting may be a better fit.—
Nick Perry,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Should a blind person be correcting my driving?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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In the surgical procedure, a v-shape of the lower lid is removed thereby shortening the area and reducing the defect.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Part of that vision includes increasing how often NASA launches Artemis' Space Launch System (SLS) rocket — with the goal of shortening the gap between missions from a few years to about 10 months.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Repealing or reforming the Jones Act would not solve every affordability challenge overnight.—
Katelyn Bledsoe,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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Administration officials singling out wind was counterproductive to ongoing bipartisan Congressional talks on reforming the federal permitting system for all forms of energy, Grumet said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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The Saudi Fashion Commission is rewriting this narrative, positioning Saudi Arabia at the intersection of ancient faith and cutting-edge innovation through the Sustainable Ihram Initiative.—
FMG Studios,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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The 41-year-old British racing star has spent nearly two decades rewriting the Formula 1 record books, winning seven world championships—tying Michael Schumacher—and becoming one of the sport’s most recognizable and highest-paid figures.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
1 May 2026
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“Red-penciling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-penciling. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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