- present participle of edit.
editing
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While UK rules remain mostly aligned with EU ones, there are some areas where England has diverged from the EU rule book, for example on "precision breeding" of plants, previously known as gene editing.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
They can efficiently produce and deliver single-stranded DNA, making them promising tools for editing DNA inside human cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Pierson previously worked for a New York nonprofit doing editing, program administration and some operations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Wicker” is brisk, visual storytelling boosted by Sofi Marshall’s clever editing and Lol Crawley’s assured camerawork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
I ask, using an editing app to clone, enlarge, flip, skew, and totally mutate his picture until he looks like some bizarre freakoid.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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