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as in modifies
to make different in some way
with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans
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as in edits
to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating
revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it
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as in changes
the act, process, or result of making different
that paper needs one more revise, and then I think it's ready to turn in
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Recent Examples of revises
Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
The rule also revises the way lead amounts are measured, which could significantly expand the number of communities found violating the rules.
—Michael Phillis, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Don’t be astonished if Honeywell upwardly revises its earnings forecasts later in the year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
More than a dozen speakers asked Texas’ State Board of Education to include the contributions of people from all cultures, faiths and backgrounds as the board revises state standards for social studies.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
But the latest overhaul, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), revises work requirements and alters who is exempt from them.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
DaCosta both reveals and revises the story’s tragic dimension up front, opening with Hedda being questioned by the police about events that led to a certain consequential gunshot.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at very high energies, a finding that revises previous expectations about the building blocks of matter.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
In addition to that particular month’s jobs information, the report also revises up or down the previous two months’ jobs totals.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
The bill also imposes new penalties on foreign interference with elections and revises the list of valid photo ID required at the polls or when voting-by-mail for the first time.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
The rule also revises the way lead amounts are measured, which could significantly expand the number of communities found violating the rules.
—Michael Phillis, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Don’t be astonished if Honeywell upwardly revises its earnings forecasts later in the year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
More than a dozen speakers asked Texas’ State Board of Education to include the contributions of people from all cultures, faiths and backgrounds as the board revises state standards for social studies.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
But the latest overhaul, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), revises work requirements and alters who is exempt from them.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
DaCosta both reveals and revises the story’s tragic dimension up front, opening with Hedda being questioned by the police about events that led to a certain consequential gunshot.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at very high energies, a finding that revises previous expectations about the building blocks of matter.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
In addition to that particular month’s jobs information, the report also revises up or down the previous two months’ jobs totals.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revises
Verb
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Imagine someone takes a real photo of a tense political event and modifies only a small portion of it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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But as our perceptions of Clark shift with various revelations, Bateman masterfully modifies his bearing from blandly sinister to sweetly sincere and back again.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Late edits to a speech, and the resulting changes to the words on the screen, threaten to throw off his delivery.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Layers panel shows you which edits apply to each layer.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which includes roughly 100 House Democrats, has formally opposed a reauthorization without changes to the program, marking its strongest stance yet against Section 702 and complicating the path forward for GOP leadership, according to the Hill.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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For example, there was no mandate that immigration officers wear identification or other changes the White House had floated earlier in talks, including a ban on immigration enforcement at schools, churches, hospitals and other sensitive places, the person said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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At Yasu's Tailor Shop, Jessica Lee-Vedder carefully alters a piece of military clothing.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Blood and saliva sampling to measure immune biomarkers and examine how space alters the immune system.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Dries Van Noten reworks classic tailoring with cropped cuts and embroidery, giving tailored separates a fresh perspective.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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At least one bill Beshear vetoed earlier this session — House Bill 314, which reworks the KentuckyWired board and gives the governor significantly less appointee power — has already been overridden.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dress alterations are done in a frenzy of violent tears and sharp slices.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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Even so, a few layout alterations and cosmetic updates, like opening up small spaces and inviting in more light, were called for.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
23 Dec. 2025
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The research explains that the breast remodels itself to prepare for nursing — and then when nursing is over, remodels itself again through a process called involution.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While the book reads easily and is seemingly structured to facilitate a film adaptation, bringing it to the big screen in such a successful way was definitely no easy task.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Outside, the property reads like a garden estate scaled to village life.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Revises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revises. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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