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Recent Examples of revision While the plaintiff and defendant lawyers believe Wednesday’s revisions will satisfy Wilken’s requests, the objectors who Wilken ordered be included in the most recent discussions do not endorse these revisions. Justin Williams, New York Times, 8 May 2025 Wolfe further narrowed the list by including positive year-to-date earnings per share revisions for 2025 as an additional criteria. Brian Evans, CNBC, 7 May 2025 But, as the European official pointed out, Zelensky’s quibbles and proposed tweaks to Trump’s peace initiatives are of a specific, tactical nature: a revision here, a counterproposal there. Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 7 May 2025 The erratic tariff rollout — which has featured numerous delays, revisions and surprises, including a new proposal to slap levies on foreign films — comes at a tough time for a toy industry that Trump’s recent remarks have thrust into the spotlight. J.j. McCorvey, NBC news, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for revision
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Noun
  • Still, All Stars has gone through some shifts over the years, implementing varying structural alterations to keep its viewers — and nowadays, its queens — coming back for more.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
  • In subsequent years, the facility moved around to various spaces and experienced alterations but remained a compact operation when Torri arrived in 1989 as a part-time employee, two years before being named its director.
    Michael Williams, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • As part of the daytime changes, Ana Cabrera‘s 10 a.m.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 May 2025
  • Illinois places implementing local grocery taxes List subject to change.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • Their ability to put their stamp on the game almost immediately is indeed a difference.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Whatever tension and differences around in the lead-up, of course, the finished product was a thing of movie magic, with Julie Andrews bringing the umbrella-twirling nanny to heartwarming life.
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Medications If lifestyle modifications are not enough to bring your blood pressure under control, your healthcare provider may prescribe medications known as antihypertensives.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
  • The City Council adopted an ADU ordinance in December 2023, and voted on April 21 to accept modifications requested by the California Coastal Commission, with a second reading scheduled for the May 5 council meeting.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Therefore the May revise, as it’s dubbed, is likely to contain even more expedient fixes that may postpone the day of fiscal reckoning until Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence but will continue to plague his successor and the Legislature.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, for two, played in the Negro Leagues, if briefly, and their stats have been added to the revise.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
Noun
  • Birthright citizenship is a Constitutional right, clearly articulated in the 14th amendment.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • There is no language in the draft bill or the amendment that would further exempt Social Security from tax.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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“Revision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revision. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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