edit
verb (used with object)
to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
had edited
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past perfectof edit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At 22 she interviewed at a local magazine: Instead of clippings, she brought in her high-school yearbook, which she had edited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The raw footage shows she was quoted accurately, although CBS had edited her response by using her most cogent sentence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
Nearly all had the release on their front pages, some had edited it, others carried it verbatim.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
The researchers identified 86 Wikipedia editors who were blocked after making disruptive edits on the English language Russo-Ukrainian War article and analyzed the other articles those accounts had edited.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2022
She had edited it herself and toned down his rhetoric, so that his argument—that only a unitary government could remove the divisions of regionalism—was clearer.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
