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 Sánchez government's measure was fast-tracked via a decree that amends immigration laws.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026 -
The Sánchez government’s measure was fast-tracked via a decree that amends immigration laws.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 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 location of the Escade school to Barcelona-based.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 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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On a warm day, that window shortens to one hour.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
19 Apr. 2026
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Hot and humid weather generally decreases air density, helping the ball carry, while cold weather increases density and shortens flight.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 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 29 Apr. 2026.
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