revisionary
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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That’s why “we can’t ever push the revisionary envelope too far.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 25, 2018
Members of the society claim there has been a surge in patients requesting revisionary surgery — operations to undo damage caused by botched procedures.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2012
Gaggle's revival of The Dark and the Brilliant is an ephemeral, revisionary, consciously political music-making process – and it's one that's being undertaken without a finishing line in sight.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2010
In many ways, this is a revisionary study for those who already know their Larkin.
From Washington Post
The superintendents exercise general control over the administration of criminal justice, and have power to call for cases, and to exercise wide revisionary powers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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