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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2
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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Maybe amending the Sports Broadcasting Act is part of a solution that unlocks billions in television revenue.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026 -
The settlement will lead to NASCAR amending existing charters with new terms.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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There were riots, and a government representative on the theater’s board argued for censoring the play.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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The days of censoring Americans online are over.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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Start your very own love affair with Outcrease Retinol Trifecta Serum by grabbing a bottle today, and check out some of Dermelect’s other skin correcting serums and facial oils below.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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Identifying and correcting errors in federal databases can be difficult, and those errors can have harmful consequences.—
Barbara McQuade,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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After shortening the bench late in regulation and 15 minutes of overtimes Saturday against Boise State, Dutcher had used his full 11-man rotation five minutes into the game in the rarefied air of Reno and got a balanced performance from pretty much everyone.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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But otherwise, Dale Hunter, who is famous for shortening his bench with the London Knights, never did in this tournament.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The 1996 law reforming immigration law did a number of things.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Jan. 2026
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Several provisions in the contract are aimed at reforming operations to bolster public safety infrastructure in the city, Wu’s office said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
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However, the transition has been slow, largely because switching processor architectures requires rewriting operating systems and applications.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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But no statutory or historical context supports rewriting the statute as the majority undertakes to do.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Red-penciling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-penciling. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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