red-pencil

verb

ˈred-ˌpen(t)-səl How to pronounce red-pencil (audio)
Definition of red-pencilnext
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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  1. amend
  2. censor
  3. correct
  4. shorten
  5. reform
  6. remedy
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  • The district entered the process to crosscheck books and materials based on the state legislature's changes to amend the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the U.S. after President Biden signed into law legislation amending a code to formally recognize the previously unofficial American emblem.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of amend
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  • Censorship may seem black and white: an artwork is either altered or removed because of its politics, the thinking goes, and if the politics aren’t the issue, that piece wasn’t censored.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The quorum court or city council members would have met to consider and vote on whether to censor the challenged material, either by withdrawing it from the library's main collection or relocating it to another part of the library.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of censor
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  • Correction: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Benetton.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The vague text was introduced into the law by Congress in April, with Democrats in the Senate promising to correct the issue later this year.
    Dell Cameron, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of correct
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  • Due to trending transfer policies of the elite sides — investing in young talent yet to reach their peak — the opportunity to make the move to a big club is shortening.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, 81% of U.S. retailers rolled out stricter return policies, including shortening the return window and charging a return or restocking fee, according to another report from Happy Returns.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shorten
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  • Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla are making headway.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Beecher in particular was interested in reforming all matters related to women’s domestic lives.
    Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of reform
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  • Ahead of the aerospace company are more ground tests and potential modifications to the vehicle to remedy its propulsion system woes and prepare it for routine spaceflight, NASA officials have said.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Budget and staff cuts were not enough to remedy the situation, according to information on the private, Catholic university's website.
    Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of remedy
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