subediting

verb

present participle of subedit
as in copyediting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subediting
  1. reading
  2. subbing
  3. polishing
  4. editing
Verb
  • By reading the mutations stacked up in the tumor’s genome as a kind of clock, researchers estimate the lineage has been dividing and passing from clam to clam for more than two centuries, outlasting countless generations of its hosts.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • As the sensor Saxon installed kept reading higher and higher on July 16, air pollution was on residents’ minds citywide.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of reading
Verb
  • Less than a minute after subbing on for 22-year-old Sarah Schupansky, Gotham goalkeeper and former Chelsea teammate Ann-Katrin Berger’s long ball reached Kerr.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The Midnight riff comes to us from Sam Ross, then of the legendary Milk & Honey, and turns the classic into a sour, bringing lemon juice to tart up the old Stinger profile but subbing bourbon for Cognac and Fernet Branca for the mint liqueur.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
Definition of subbing
Verb
  • Not deliberately misleading them—more like polishing things up.
    — Dennis Kozak, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Interest—from both visitors and islanders—is gently shifting away from polishing playboy yachts or appeasing the decadent whims of retirees, to something, well, more real.
    — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Definition of polishing
Verb
  • And the criticism didn’t entirely surprise director Na, who was still making significant sound and editing choices in the days leading up to Cannes.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • Gene editing and off-target effects Gene-editing systems have three key components.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of editing
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