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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If the person does not correct the behavior, Whitmore suggested alerting a flight attendant.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The images, which claim to show images of the iPhone 17 Pro in four different cases were labelled iPhone 16 Pro in the first post, but later corrected.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Why the wrong spot can shorten the shelf life of your eggs.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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In the 2000s, several countries shortened the tenure of their central banks’ governors to four or five years.—
Ana Carolina Garriga,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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That bill would reform the Colorado Open Records Act to create separate classifications -- and fulfillment deadlines -- for open records requests based on the entity making the request.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 refined, revised and reformed the agency’s mission, with another set of reform acts following after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy and 2017 hurricane season.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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After offset, the government may look to your regular income to remedy your defaulted loans through wage garnishment.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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Here is what to do to help remedy this: • Audit Regularly: Make data audits a routine part of your marketing process to identify and resolve outdated or incomplete contact information.—
Ryan Ferrier,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Red-pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-pencil. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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