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[ed-it] / ˈɛd ɪt /


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Those lines were actually spoken nearly an hour apart, and the BBC has apologized for how the edit was constructed.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

The BBC has previously apologised for the edit but denied it was grounds for defamation.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“I edit differently now than I used to with the popularity of single-cam because the shows move much faster,” says Marshall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Li's team has grown to seven members working together to advertise online and to passersby, drive the bikes, and edit the footage, with each rider attracting around six to 12 customers a night.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

“I’m mostly just fetching coffee and answering the phone, but I might get to do research or edit interviews occasionally.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The “Department of War” is posting edits of wars happening in the Middle East.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

If a fund offers high income, Leyla Kunimoto, a private investor who edits Accredited Investor Insights, asks:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Across YouTube videos, video games, VR experiences and TikTok edits, audiences are located inside the environment itself blurring the boundaries between storytelling, role-playing, tourism and online participation.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

As she prepares dinner, I try to finalize the edits to my oral history project, but Mom finishes cooking before I’m done.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

According to listing agent Thomas Raigeul of Sotheby’s International Realty, he “at times edited films” in the home, where he was living while working on projects like “Miss Congeniality” and “Nacho Libre.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Themes emerged in the responses, which were edited for clarity and length.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Grossman’s articles were at times so heavily edited that he barely recognized them as his own.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The following excerpt of their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

“Yep. And then Skid’s going to have to kick things into gear to get it all edited in a week.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

It’s a great example of the more impressionistic lyrics on this record; they’re still telling the same kind of stories but with more compression, more editing, retaining what’s essential and rejecting anything extraneous.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

California lawmakers are weighing AB 2319, a tax credit aimed at bringing film and TV post-production work — editing, sound, VFX, music — back to the state as jobs move overseas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The broadcaster has previously apologised for editing together two different sections of the speech he gave before the 2021 Capitol riots.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

According to Pangram, A.I.-assisted writing “is text a person wrote partly with help from an AI tool—for example, editing or rewriting parts.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

For a grandma, she was shockingly good at video editing.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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