as in alteration
the act, process, or result of making different
a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication
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Recent Examples of revision
Ars Video WotC considered that the Open Gaming License (OGL) was open to revisions, however, and the company proposed changes to the OGL that would require that anyone making certain amounts of money had to report it (over $50,000 per year) or start paying royalties (over $750,000).
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ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
But the revision is just a starting point for final budgetary negotiations between the governor and the Legislature, and the state budget won’t be completed until at least mid-June, weeks after the deadline for the City Council to approve its own budget.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Her order approving the settlement might express disappointment in the attorneys for failing to make certain revisions, like not grandfathering in current athletes, but also express the settlement is good enough to move forward.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Housewives: where rhinoplasty revisions are just part of the glow-up journey.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
But the revision is just a starting point for final budgetary negotiations between the governor and the Legislature, and the state budget won’t be completed until at least mid-June, weeks after the deadline for the City Council to approve its own budget.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Her order approving the settlement might express disappointment in the attorneys for failing to make certain revisions, like not grandfathering in current athletes, but also express the settlement is good enough to move forward.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Housewives: where rhinoplasty revisions are just part of the glow-up journey.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revision
Noun
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The menu alterations were caught and court records show that none of the changes ever reached the printing stage.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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In her hands, every alteration is an act of care—a continuation of Black sartorial tradition and a subtle resistance to being forgotten.—
Shelton Boyd-Griffith,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2025
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Though the script went through various changes beyond what Calle first read, her love for Muriel and Sandra’s relationship is what kept her invested.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
25 Apr. 2025
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All those changes to your cardiovascular system occur in response to the challenge running places on your body.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Shoppers are not expected to see a difference at the supermarket checkout line since the new law just shifts collection of the revenue.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Ana’s guilt creates a need to iron out differences with her mother and receive her blessing — but that’s not likely.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection Adapted from Nora Ephron’s eponymous 1983 novel, Heartburn recounts with certain slight modifications the events that precipitated her divorce from journalist Carl Bernstein in 1980.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Open-source software generally refers to software in which the source code is made freely available on the web for possible modification and redistribution.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, for two, played in the Negro Leagues, if briefly, and their stats have been added to the revise.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2024
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Previously the chair of the judiciary and public safety committee, Allen has recently led bills to make D.C.’s vote-by-mail system permanent, revise D.C.’s criminal code and make bus trips free in the city.—
Michael Brice-Saddler,
Washington Post,
3 Jan. 2023
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The amendment also removed the name of the original author of the bill, Assemblymember Maggy Krell (D-Sacramento).—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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These figures paint a disconcerting picture of the country’s efforts to combat noxious air quality, an ambition established with the original passage of the Clean Air Act in 1963 and reinforced by numerous amendments since.—
Henna Hundal,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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