revisions

noun

plural of revision
as in changes
the act, process, or result of making different a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication

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Recent Examples of revisions The report included upward revisions totaling an extra 84,000 jobs added in August and September, meaning the labor market had been stronger in those months than previously thought. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 Friday’s report also showed strong upward revisions to recent jobs data. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026 All four trims continue to be powered by the 1,160cc T-plane triple, although the engine has received a substantial round of revisions. — New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026 Bears will understandably point to the cont'd Services deceleration / agentic risk, memory cost headwinds, and a lack of real EPS revisions post-quarter. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 As the uproar grew, Fernandez called for revisions — the only task force member who did. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026 The revisions were ultimately borne out of the coalition agreement signed in October last year by the LDP and its junior partner, the Japan Innovation Party. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 Crucially, the system resolves the administrative nightmare of design revisions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Both of these points are bound to only improve with upcoming revisions and new feature releases, leaving Googlebooks with lots to catch up on. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revisions
  1. changes
  2. alterations
  3. differences
Noun
  • Huang has said that this system gives his company the flexibility to react to rapid changes in technology and remain agile.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • For example, a digital twin of an industrial pump could use vibration and temperature readings to detect changes that indicate developing mechanical problems.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of changes
Noun
  • The store has a tailor shop where customers can pay to have in-house alterations.
    — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Weber has joined state Attorney General Rob Bonta in challenging local election changes in court, including Huntington Beach's voter ID law and Shasta County's Measure B, which proposed significant alterations to voting and ballot counting.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of alterations
Noun
  • Doing so enhances the slight color differences in these rocks, allowing researchers to pick out the different minerals.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There are, of course, obvious differences between soldiers and agents, for whom a readiness to kill on behalf of the state is generally understood to be a more distant prospect.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of differences

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“Revisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revisions. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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