1
as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print
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2
as in to censor
to remove objectionable parts from
a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness
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Relatives of a man who died in custody at the main county jail last year has amended its lawsuit against the city to include details of his arrest by Sacramento police that family members say show neglect of his medical needs.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025 -
The cause and manner of death was amended after a review of her laboratory test results.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government cannot censor speech that is false but does not lead to a specific, identifiable harm.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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For all its bravado about withstanding the American tariffs, China was also censoring criticisms of its own move to impose retaliatory tariffs.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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This story has been corrected to show the name of the residents' group is Eaton Fire Residents United, not Eaton Fire Residents Unite.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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According to the administration, the measure will correct long-standing global trade imbalances that have disadvantaged the U.S. and motivate companies to relocate their manufacturing operations in the country.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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On March 7, a UK judge shortened the sentence of the group’s founder, Roger Hallam, for disrupting a traffic event after an appeal.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ward shortened his drop and threw a strike in the small sliver of space just before the hash mark.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 2021, King and Burnham reformed and toured as Gang of Four.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus introduced a slate of bills to reform women’s prisons in California on Thursday morning, building on a broader push toward rehabilitation within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation known as the California Model.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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That would effectively delay the timeline, but give the attorneys a chance to remedy terms Wilken disputes.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump has the opportunity to remedy the energy missteps of the past administration, but his executive order pausing approvals for onshore and offshore wind projects falls into the same trap that previous leadership did.—
David Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Red-pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencil. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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