- present participle of edit.
editing
Example Sentences
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Alexei Tsydenov, governor of the neighbouring Buryatia region, said in a social media post that a woman in the Irkutsk region had "died of plague", before editing the post to add the word "possibly".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The firm also pointed to US chemist and biologist David Liu for developing "precision gene editing technologies that directly edit DNA in living systems".
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
So Mary enlisted the help of Helen Mulcahy, a former East Computer who had transferred to Langley’s technical editing department.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Media Literacy - High School
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Media Literacy - Middle School
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