1
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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2
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 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 -
The measure also amends the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) to make the IG's office exempt for nearly all categories.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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In 2019, the state passed a law that censors me from saying certain things to my clients.—
Megan Schrader,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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This version corrects the company name to Dubai Ports World.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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Discover the altered gene, place healthy versions of the gene into innocuous viruses, give those to patients, hope that kickstarts the CFTR protein and corrects the problem.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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All this interconnectivity shortens leads times, allowing for quicker iterations and faster trend response.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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Same-day settlement shortens that window to just a few hours.—
Sharat Priya,
Forbes.com,
18 May 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
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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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“Red-pencils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencils. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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