How to Use revision in a Sentence

revision

noun
  • They made revisions to the book.
  • Here is my revision of the paragraph.
  • This is the original version, not the revision.
  • The teacher gave me some suggestions for revision.
  • This edition is filled with revisions.
  • A revision of the theory will be necessary.
  • The revision process was still not fun for my team.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But why was the revision so high?
    — Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The revisions were the largest on record in more than two decades.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Drafts, calls, revisions; list them out.
    — Wilson Luna, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For sea shanties, the passage of time has led to some revision.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
  • There are new powers, of course, and revisions to old ones.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t a revision of the old model.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • Is your story in need of revision?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Whether the revision can become a new classic is yet to be seen.
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Park did revisions on most recent draft.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The revision is the second step in the three-step budget process.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • But some students believe the revision doesn’t go far enough.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Valdez says this part of the process takes about six weeks per scene, not including revisions and tweaks.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Great work is shaped in the messy middle, where doubt, revisions, and breakthroughs do the work.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The familiar is being made strange and shown to be ripe for revision.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Lara said the department was still on track to complete the revisions by the end of the year.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
  • Heyl has now been able to bring some of those bygone Veyron revisions to light.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Those revisions are not just under the skin – the body has been redone in carbon fiber.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Recent revisions added to the sense of fragility.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Work plans may slow, feedback may feel confusing, or old goals may need revision.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But as yet there hasn’t been any big, upward revision to oil demand forecasts in the wake of the news.
    — Julian Lee, Bloomberg.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Prasad didn’t explain what that revision would entail.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The upward revision is the first S&P has made for the oil sands in more than five years.
    — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • New plays always take revision.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026

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