RED-PENCILS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

red-pencils

verb

present tense third-person singular of red-pencil

as in amends

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 censors

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 measure amends the city's general plan and land use framework to add a citywide ban on data centers, according to city officials.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 4 June 2026
The legislation amends the Brown Act to diversify and increase public engagement in meetings of local legislative bodies.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026

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Scripps researchers looked at the possibility of using this geoengineering over a shorter term in a relatively regional application that shortens the timeline and reduces the bureaucratic complexity of implementing it.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Underwater, the wings passively bend up to 90%, which cuts the load on the motor and shortens the effective sweep of each flap.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2026

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There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.

— Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Kentucky's General Assembly has passed House Bill 2, which reforms the state's Medicaid program.

— Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Apr. 2026

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