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noun

editing

putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

In a sentence

Six example sentences with editing, each labelled with its topic.

  • Three months of editing turned forty hours of footage into a ninety-minute film the director finally stopped apologizing for.

    Movies

  • Careful editing cut the manuscript by a third, and every reviewer said the shorter book moved far better.

    Literature

  • Weeks of editing turned a rambling draft bill into clauses the clerks could number, cite, and actually enforce.

    Law

  • Weeks of editing stitched the best bars from nine takes into one performance that sounds like a single evening.

    Music

  • Careful editing pulled detail back into the shadows and trimmed the frame so the lone tree sat on the horizon line.

    Photography

  • The paper went through months of editing, and the final version cut the methods section to a third of its original length.

    Science

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