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noun

revising

editing that involves writing something again

In a sentence

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

  • Her third novel took eleven months of drafting and two more years of revising before the publisher accepted a page.

    Literature

  • Endless revising of the third act pushed the shoot back a month, and two subplots vanished from the script entirely.

    Movies

  • The clause survived four rounds of revising, each version rewritten by a different partner who disliked the previous wording.

    Law

  • Two rounds of revising the manuscript cut the results section in half and added a table the reviewers demanded.

    Science

  • The composer spent a decade revising the symphony, and the published score differs from the premiere in every movement.

    Music

  • Weeks of revising the bill produced a text that both committees could sign, though neither liked all of it.

    Politics

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