red-penciling

verb

present participle of red-pencil
1
as in amending
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 censoring
to remove objectionable parts from a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness

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  1. amending
  2. censoring
  3. correcting
  4. shortening
  5. reforming
  6. rewriting
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  • In 1990, Congress considered amending the CAA so that the EPA could substitute itself and take control of citizen suits over alleged violations.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Independent experts have also called for amending building codes to require long-term monitoring of settlement.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of amending
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  • Equal-time rule doesn’t apply, group says The equal-time rule prohibits broadcast stations from censoring or rejecting political ads paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier in the week, Kraft allegedly led a pressure campaign to force the Seattle rapper off Ed Sheeran’s The Loop Tour, igniting a firestorm of backlash from artists and fans accusing Kraft of censoring Macklemore’s free speech.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of censoring
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  • If a suspicious sample directly reduces a model’s reward, the model could learn to hide its behavior instead of correcting it.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Bridgewater woman started working at the Quincy RMV in 2019 and was in charge of transactions that included issuing duplicate titles, changing ownership, amending and correcting titles, and adding liens.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of correcting
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  • Leaves are falling, days are shortening, and there’s a chill in the air.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.
    — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of shortening
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  • Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Japanese lawmakers are reforming the country’s more-than-a-millennia-old continuous hereditary monarchy in an effort to keep it alive amid a shrinking imperial family.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of reforming
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  • The platform also bundles research and web search tools, AI image generation, document chat and translation, and writing tools for rewriting and summarizing.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
  • How dupes are rewriting what counts as impressive Traditional luxury has always leaned on exclusivity, recognizable branding and premium prices.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of rewriting
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“Red-penciling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-penciling. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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