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as in amended
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 censored
to remove objectionable parts from
a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness
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This information can only be found in the license agreement itself which was also amended in 2011 when Sony fell on hard times.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025 -
On June 20, the Canadian Parliament amended the Competition Act to regulate environmental claims in marketing in an effort to prevent greenwashing in Canada.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Bri censored out in the video what the flavor was, not wanting to further spoil the surprise.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
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The network soon corrected that reporting to indicate that the suspect had not come across the border.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Instead of being sent on a trip to Disney World, the householders are involved during the renovation process, which has been shortened from one week to four days.—
Maxwell Millington,
Axios,
2 Jan. 2025
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At the same point in the 2020-21 season, which was also shortened by the pandemic, the Kings were 13-20.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Jan. 2025
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Letters are edited for clarity and length.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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His answers have been lightly edited for clarity and length.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Red-penciled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-penciled. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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