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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyedit
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Learning to read those cues wasn't just a neutral process.—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025 -
See the full list and read the stories of the women on it here.—
Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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Captions were provided by the photographers and have been lightly edited for style and clarity.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Here are the highlights from that interview, with answers edited slightly for length and clarity.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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In one fell swoop, that verdict rejected decades of Madigan and his loyalists polishing the image of the once-mighty speaker as a politician above reproach, a statesman who never crossed the line, a lawyer with a personal code of conduct that kept him on the straight and narrow.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Jenner’s nails were styled in a minimalist almond shape and polished in a cloudy, pink-nude manicure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The ambitious plan to update and revise Dungeons and Dragons is complete.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Pritzker's own budget office revealed a $3.2 billion deficit for 2026 in November, but the governor's office has since revised that to a $1.7 billion deficit.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Republicans cited other federal criminal conspiracy and money laundering laws and asked the department to rescind or redraft the memo.—
Samantha Putterman,
Austin American-Statesman,
31 Aug. 2024
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The state lawyers filed a 50-page brief at the 1st District Court of Appeal contending that Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper did not have the authority to order the panel, known as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, to redraft the statement.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2024
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Photo : Lucid If the Tesla Model S introduced the idea of a powerful, desirable electric car, the Lucid Air Sapphire perfected it.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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How best to perfect the space bun style a la Millie?—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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Depicted as a mannequin-like figure with wires and cables subbed for a spine and shoulder joints (think Sonny from I, Robot meets crash-test dummy), Disco Teresa chimes in between Young's bars in a robotic tone.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Kristian Campbell, who started the day before, subbed in for Vaughn Grissom at second base in the sixth.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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For the season, designers such as Daniel Roseberry of Schiaparelli, Thom Browne, Elie Saab and Mohammed Ashi, to name a few, reworked the corset while paying homage to Jean Paul Gaultier.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
15 Feb. 2025
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Elon Musk has called for the government's use of classified information to be reworked, after finding the system to be a barrier to effective communication.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Copyedit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyedit. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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