proofread
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It’s a clear no, with the only exceptions being when editors use A.I. to proofread their writing or translate foreign-language entries.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
“It seemed like his vision of the future of rulemaking at DOT is that our jobs would be to proofread this machine product,” one employee said.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
It was so terribly boring that even I could not proofread it without falling asleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
A nurse hadn’t proofread carefully and mistakenly sent the message.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
“It just seems like one thing I could help you with. To make up for all the pencils I’ve borrowed. All the times you’ve proofread my essays and reminded me about quizzes.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Scheduling should include time for rewrites, proofreads and secondary reads by friends, colleagues and family members, experts say.
From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2019
Between homework and scholarship applications, Huynh said she usually proofreads her dad’s emails, checking for accurate grammar and punctuation. He keeps a notebook with key vocabulary terms and phrases by his computer to learn daily.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
He also proofreads the game program and can recall statistics, with savant-like accuracy, from Oregon Tech victories 20 years ago.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2012
On the train, she makes more calls and proofreads documents.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to adding a slop button, LinkedIn last month said it was phasing out an “enhance your post” feature that encouraged the use of AI tools for proofreading and rewriting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Instead, she is increasingly offered work proofreading machine-generated translations.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Human editors then adapt the generated copy to something that the real Al Michaels might say spontaneously, while proofreading the text for any typos—especially those pertaining to athlete names.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2024
Or someone changing text after the proofreading was finished?
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
Now he had to struggle to say something that interested her, something that made her look up from her plate, or from her proofreading files.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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