subediting

verb

present participle of subedit
as in copyediting

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  1. reading
  2. subbing
  3. polishing
  4. editing
Verb
  • Start a new job as a news reporter Monday and so won't be writing in too often but will still be reading along.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The pair co-authored their book ‘Money and Love’ in 2023, which is now required course reading at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of reading
Verb
  • After subbing on for Racing, Makenna Morris made an immediate impact.
    — Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Cameron Harper scored late in the second half after subbing in a minute earlier and the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of subbing
Verb
  • Sangare is not the finished product, but Brentford’s track record of finding and polishing young players with high potential casts this move in a promising light.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Born into a Krymchak Jewish family in Haifa and raised poor in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Bakshi entered the animation industry at just 18, polishing dirt from cels at Terrytoons.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of polishing
Verb
  • All the technical work of the camera and sound and lighting and what might be happening with editing later.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Because the watermark is embedded in the word choice itself, detection is more reliable with larger samples of text, whereas shorter passages and grammar and copy editing are unlikely to carry the watermark.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of editing
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