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as in modifies
to make different in some way
with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans
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as in edits
to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating
revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it
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as in changes
the act, process, or result of making different
that paper needs one more revise, and then I think it's ready to turn in
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Recent Examples of revises
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
DaCosta both reveals and revises the story’s tragic dimension up front, opening with Hedda being questioned by the police about events that led to a certain consequential gunshot.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at very high energies, a finding that revises previous expectations about the building blocks of matter.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
In addition to that particular month’s jobs information, the report also revises up or down the previous two months’ jobs totals.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
On June 30, the EPA issued an interim final rule for national emission standards for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities, which revises all 2025 and 2026 compliance dates for standards to April 3, 2027, according to EPA documents.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
One agent searches through system information to identify suspicious behavior, another revises security policies to prevent future threats of the same kind and a third tests the defenses of the system by staging an attack.
—Perry Carpenter, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Making a case to HR may be a ramp toward getting the treatment or service covered the next time your company revises its health plan offerings, said Rhonda Buckholtz, a consultant who advises businesses on medical billing.
—Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Each month, the BLS provides an initial reading of job gains for the previous month and revises figures from the prior two months twice based on follow-up surveys.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
But the latest overhaul, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), revises work requirements and alters who is exempt from them.
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The new law adds homeowner protections, establishing a registry for heir properties and modifies tax sale redemption rules.—
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The subtlety decreases as Elvira further modifies her body in anticipation of the ball.—
Verb
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Macey has headed up finding baby-sized outfits that are close matches to some of the late Princess of Wales' iconic looks, while David takes video and edits it to share online.—
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But making TikTok compilations and photo edits directly comparing their bodies before and after filming, and using the situation to chase views and likes online, is insensitive and harmful.—
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There were four lead changes and neither team led by more than 5.—
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Now, a new jury will hear details of the brutal crime as Braddy again faces execution due to changes in Florida’s death penalty law.—
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Under the influence for the first time, the drug trip alters her sense of morals to deadly, comedic proportions.—
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The order alters the timeline for decommissioning Schahfer, according to the statement, but NIPCSO’s long-term plan to transition to sustainable energy remains unchanged.—
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The design reworks the Gel-Quantum 360 I AMP’s entire upper, stripping away the mesh and suede overlays for a nearly one-piece construction.—
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Most of her fabrics come from the British cloth merchant Dugdale, which reworks archival fabrics from the mid-19th century, and operates in Huddersfield, in the North of England.—
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The break was necessary, though uncomfortable, to make some alterations before allowing this work to become my lifestyle again.—
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The latest round of alterations raises questions about the meningococcal ACWY vaccine, for example.—
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The research explains that the breast remodels itself to prepare for nursing — and then when nursing is over, remodels itself again through a process called involution.—
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Executions are on hold in Idaho as the state prison system remodels its execution chamber in the transition from lethal injection to a firing squad as the lead method.—
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Buckter guided her toward a palette where the colors relate to one another in a classic way, the kind that instantly reads as San Francisco.—
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Easy to dress up or down, this silhouette still reads polished, especially in a classic true-blue wash like this one.—
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“Revises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revises. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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