copy-edit

British

verb

journalism to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc

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copy editor

noun

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copy-edit

You may find that you prefer one model for cooking advice or a quick copy-edit, and another for research or business advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

And one of the things that I’ve always loved you saying is that you read the New York Times in pencil, you copy-edit it while you go along?

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 7, 2019

First I left for two days and two nights to copy-edit my novel.

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2018

In this week’s bonus episode, Slate Plus members will hear an absolutely unique interview with someone who interned in the Office of the Independent Counsel during college and helped copy-edit the Starr Report.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018

She remembered crying as she tried to copy-edit the issue.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2018

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