recopy

verb

Definition of recopynext
as in to redact

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Recent Examples of recopy To counter the faulty machinery, election workers will have to manually recopy the mail-in ballots with illegible barcodes into new ballots under the election code, but every valid vote ultimately will be counted properly, Garcia said last week. — Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recopy
  1. redact
  2. print
  3. compile
  4. abridge
  5. publish
  6. blue-pencil
  7. engross
  8. annotate
Verb
  • The Department of Justice on Thursday declined to turn over additional information from the Epstein files as ordered by a judge, arguing the materials include sensitive victim information or were appropriately redacted as required by law.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • In addition to the names that were allegedly improperly redacted from the files and documents that were withheld, the DOJ also came under fire for not redacting some victim information, while seemingly protecting the names of Epstein associates.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of redact
Verb
  • Swift attended game 4 of the NBA Finals with her Haim besties, so this invite isn’t a surprise so much as a chance for Alana Haim to print some more gag shirts.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 July 2026
  • Even the minibars are printed with designs by Turkish artist Arslan Sükan, though the rooms’ most striking feature by far is their spaciousness.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Definition of print
Verb
  • Recent Plano restaurant health inspections resulted in the temporary closure of two restaurants, according to city data compiled by the Star-Telegram.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • This report was compiled using information from the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Daily News, the Orlando Pride and Orlando Sentinel research.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of compile
Verb
  • Trump is selling an alternative America, with the messiest chapters abridged or excluded.
    — Arthur Krystal, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
  • It is abridged, so there’s not nearly as many 90-page digressions or pseudoscientific cetology musings.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Definition of abridge
Verb
  • In its latest half-year earnings, published May 21, EasyJet reported a pre-tax loss of £552 million for the six months ending March 31, despite a 12% jump in half-year revenues to £4 billion, warning of price rises and slower bookings.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Vogue Business assessed the 64 shows and presentations published on Vogue Runway and contacted each brand to verify the findings (brands were given 48 hours to respond).
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of publish
Verb
  • Before getting sunk by a turgid love story — the kind of cinematic dead zone Thalberg would have blue-penciled in the screenplay stage — The Last Tycoon provides a good sense of what a producer actually does.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of blue-pencil
Verb
  • The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • On July 19, Congress ordered that the Declaration of Independence be engrossed on parchment.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of engross
Verb
  • The two identical charts annotate the setup in different ways.
    — Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 26 June 2026
  • Videos of manufacturing procedures can be recorded, annotated and archived by AI.
    — SK Gupta, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of annotate

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“Recopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recopy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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