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[ed-it] / ˈɛd ɪt /


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In comments to the New York Times, Ballard denied personally using AI but said that an acquaintance she hired to edit the book, which was originally self-published, had used AI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“When journalists go out on the street their capitalization isn’t what they worry about. They worry about their beats. They write stories and editors edit the stories and they are published without interference of owners.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Producing video once required specialized skills and expensive software; now, she said, “people have TikTok. And the way that you can film and edit there is way easier to learn.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The company announced new features for YouTubers who want to make microdrama series, translate livestreams into Spanish, or use artificial intelligence to help edit scripts and videos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I also learned how to edit, how to make sound tracks, how to mix, and all sorts of other things about filmmaking.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

He’s been tracking political contests nationwide for more than 25 years and edits and publishes Inside Elections — formerly the Rothenberg Political Report — another nonpartisan field guide to campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

I could approve and send them or make edits when needed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

While it attracted a huge audience, Verma says young people reshared it with sarcastic and mocking edits, giving it a very different tone from what Modi intended.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

She did not ask for his edits, but slowly she began to make changes, to add and remove, because of what he said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

They will be edited and in six months he will have chemotherapy before his edited cells are returned to him.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Year: 2019 Compiled by: Slate Staff, myriad tech experts Of note: Later expanded into a book, edited by former Future Tense editor Torie Bosch.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

Here a condensed and edited excerpt of my conversation with Sodipo:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Replies have been edited for brevity and clarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Henrietta Darwin Litchfield edited her mothers personal letters and published them in 1904 with many biographical notes.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

A teenager has revealed how her life has been transformed thanks to pioneering gene editing, which reversed symptoms of a crippling blood disorder.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Molecules that regulate sleep and appetite or methods for editing genes are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

He has held a variety of editing positions at The Wall Street Journal and Barron's over the past 21 years, with a particular focus on retirement/personal finance and the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The BBC later apologised for not editing out the slur from its BBC One broadcast, which was shown on a two-hour delay, and remained on BBC iPlayer until the following day.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her job bored her: she did the same bland things, writing press releases, editing press releases, copyediting press releases, her movements rote and numbing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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