copyread
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of copyread
First recorded in 1940–45; back formation from copyreader
Example Sentences
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With all this intramural chitchat going on, it was only a question of time until a column was started to copyread the columnists.
From Time Magazine Archive
It normally takes about a month to copyread a book, but Chalmers completed the job in two weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because of office interruptions, he does most of his copyreading at home at night, consequently works almost twice the hours of anyone else on the staff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last spring, a few months out of his copyreading job on the Chicago Times, Sydney Justin Harris found $30 in his jeans, a printer willing to give him $1,000 worth of credit.
From Time Magazine Archive
But maybe I'd just be a rewrite man, or in the slot, writing heads, or copyreading.
From Brknk's Bounty by Sohl, Gerald Allan
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