RED-PENCILED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

red-penciled

verb

past tense of red-pencil

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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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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Questions remain Miami Gardens amended its public-participation policy in February 2026, after Jackson filed her lawsuit.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
That order was amended in 2011 so that Moss only had to see a psychiatrist quarterly.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026

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But on the television broadcast that aired on Saturday, Antonia’s T-shirt had been censored, appearing to be all white.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
But unlike other Floridians of Cuban descent — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Valdes ended up defending Cuba’s socialist revolutionaries and officials who have killed, jailed, tortured, and censored numerous political enemies.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

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A change for the better After at least four significant communication breakdowns in their defensive backfield against Las Vegas and San Francisco, the Dolphins seemingly corrected those issues the past two weeks.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
At one point during Thursday’s 45-minute open practice/scrimmage situation, KU head coach Bill Self corrected Rosario for passing instead of taking the open 3-pointer.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

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In November 1959, President Ben-Zvi shortened the sentences of the last two men still in prison, Shmuel Malinki and Gavriel Dahan.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Practically no major league has shortened its regular season calendar on a permanent basis.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.

— Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Below is an excerpt of their conversation, edited for length and clarity.

— Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 8 Sep. 2026

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