copyedit
verb (used with object)
to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
copyedits
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present tense formof copyedit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Christi runs the department that copyedits and fact-checks everything we publish, keeps our schedules and deadlines, handles corrections, manages our relationships with our printers, and makes sure every page is of the highest quality.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 15, 2022
My copyedits will be due soon, I tell him, asking for notes on what he’d like to change, fact-check, discuss.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
