RED-PENCILS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

red-pencils

verb

present tense third-person singular of red-pencil

as in amends

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 censors

to remove objectionable parts from a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness

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The proposal adds a new law in the state Constitution and amends Oklahoma's rules on voter identification, requiring voters to show proof of their identity.

— Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 26 Aug. 2026
The Santini-Burton Modernization Act amends a 1980 law that allows the Forest Service to purchase environmentally sensitive land in the Tahoe Basin.

— Haley Parsley August 17, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Their average life span is about 8,000 hours, but turning them on and off frequently shortens this time frame.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026
Keeping machining close to engineering also shortens the feedback loop between design and testing.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.

— Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Kentucky's General Assembly has passed House Bill 2, which reforms the state's Medicaid program.

— Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Apr. 2026

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