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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.
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The legislation amends the Brown Act to diversify and increase public engagement in meetings of local legislative bodies.
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Shame on any educational institution that censors speech condemning it.
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In 2019, the state passed a law that censors me from saying certain things to my clients.
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Soon after, Hawk absentmindedly corrects Piña’s English, prompting her to air her own frustrations with their relationship.
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This story corrects the day of week.
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Unfiltered water, Adams insists, leads to sediment buildup in your water heater, which shortens its lifespan and lessens its heating efficiency.
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But for patients who don’t mind the idea of letting a tiny robot into their mouth, there may be a new approach that shortens and simplifies the overall process.
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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.
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Kentucky's General Assembly has passed House Bill 2, which reforms the state's Medicaid program.
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“Red-pencils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencils. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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