How to Use revise in a Sentence

revise

1 of 2 noun
  • One of the book’s goals was to help create a point of reference that future scholars can build on, challenge, or revise.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Zeidman wants to build in mechanisms that revise sentences as attitudes and mores change.
    — Teresa Mathew, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Every action and joke is captured on live cameras, with no opportunity to edit or revise.
    — Stacey Stratton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Review and revise plans regularly, but strike a balance between change and constancy.
    — Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Dynamic goals need to be accessible and team members need to be able to revisit, revise, and review their priorities.
    — Sesil Pir, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • More Politics -- Republicans’ hopes for a revise of the Senate health bill by today are fading, with no quick fix in sight.
    — latimes.com, 30 June 2017
  • Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well — signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Maybe some researchers could partner with a neuroscience journal and scan some of the peer reviewers at work to find the neural correlates of accept, reject, and revise decisions?
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2015
  • And so novelists revise novels, endlessly, necessarily, on the way to completing them, which is to say by accepting their problems and moving on.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2022
  • As the calendar rolls forward into 2022, this is the perfect time to revisit, revise, and improve rules and policies around stablecoins.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Refresh emergency contact lists based on where staff is located, revise floor plans and share important safety information in new places — both in offices and digitally.
    — Todd Piett, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • For instance, a content creator was able to draft, revise, and finalize scripts using different models within one workflow; something that used to take multiple platforms and hours of setup.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • City officials are pushing to open those neighborhoods up for facilities with up to 12 children, as well as revise where larger child care centers can operate in other areas.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The cycle of develop, test, learn and revise has increased exponentially, and so has the need to think strategically and creatively without the luxury of time and extensive testing.
    — Glenn Karwoski, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Tuesday’s rally came as lawmakers prepare to receive Newsom’s May revise of his January budget proposal, which takes in changes to state revenues over the first half of the year.
    — Andrew Graham april 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Army officials said the decoys forced soldiers to adjust reconnaissance methods, revise tactics, and practice engagement procedures against what appears to be a mechanized threat.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Associate Principal Norman Bell went on to elaborate that students are encouraged to retake/revise tests, quizzes, papers, projects and have a 10-day window to do so from the date the grade is posted.
    — Fox News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Districts make major decisions in the winter and spring, often before the Governor’s January proposal, before the May revise, and always before the final state budget is approved.
    — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

revise

2 of 2 verb
  • We have to revise our plans because of the delays.
  • I would like to revise my estimate.
  • Then it gets worked on and revised.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The show has had its book revised.
    — Mark Phillips, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • And the bad news for the world was that there wasn’t much to revise.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This is not the case and the story has been revised.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the terms of that agreement may need to be revised.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Since the bond passed, the district has revised its plan for some of those moves.
    — Maria Benevento, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The law has to be revised for people who haven’t had any problems.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • Not continue to revise this, but to do the scripts from scratch.
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a new twist just this week, Collins revised his story yet again.
    — Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The plays this month were revised around 10 times, some 15.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This plan has been revised and renewed ever since.
    — Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
  • It has since been revised following talks with both camps.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Some home buyers didn’t revise their price ranges downward as rates climbed.
    — cleveland, 2 July 2022
  • The diplomats who wrote the road map now say it must be revised with these dangers in mind.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The labor market has now revised it.
    — Philomena V. Mantella, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • The initial June count was revised lower in each of the past four years.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • It was revised the next year with a new plan to sell naloxone, the lawsuits allege.
    — Kristen Gelineau, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The number of hostages has been revised downward to reflect those found dead.
    — NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Fox wants to save a version of herself that’s already been revised.
    — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
  • The number was later revised down to a death toll down to 46.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That has been revised to 2027-28.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Last month, Netflix revised its offer to all cash.
    — Andrew Kirell, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • While revising this novel, my left eyebrow fell out from stress.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There is pressure on the Fed to lower rates as growth cools and job gains get revised down.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The period, too, has been revised.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Eventually, the creative team met to point out what to revise and how to do it.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The bloc aims to revise the list of countries allowed to enter every two weeks.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
  • The College Board did revise its treatment of both of these ideas.
    — Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023

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