subedit

verb

Definition of subeditnext
as in to touch up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subedit
  1. touch up
  2. read
  3. perfect
  4. polish
  5. sub
  6. edit
Verb
  • Mirrored walls offered guests the perfect excuse to snap a quick selfie or touch up their lip gloss.
    — Simone Cook, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
  • It's aimed at users who expect frequent everyday use and prefer to touch up their own edge more easily.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of touch up
Verb
  • Under the state's system, ballots that display voters' choices and electronic ballot images created by the scanners that read them are randomized.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans.
    — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of read
Verb
  • Sports radio perfected play-by-play commentary and talk shows that often involved debates with fans.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the maple seed’s gentle spiral to the forest floor and the fish’s swift flick through open water.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of perfect
Verb
  • From tailored and polished to embellished, the skirt became a canvas for personal expression.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In this installment, author Min Jin Lee recounts a factchecking trip to Sydney to polish American Hagwon, the followup to her books Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of polish
Verb
  • Calvados can sub in for the cognac or brandy for less sweetness, or rum (light or aged) for more sweetness.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But of the three two-way players (the NBA maximum) on the Heat roster, Vlad Goldin probably is more at risk for being subbed out for another player than Tre Donaldson or Keshad Johnson.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of sub
Verb
  • Blair Kerkhoff contributed; the summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • It was edited by Sarah Handel, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.
    — October 2, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of edit
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“Subedit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subedit. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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