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Because he thought it might confuse viewers, he offered to edit the exchange out, something he doesn’t normally do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
When he recently took his in-laws to get fitted for new hearing aids, he popped open his laptop and used a hot spot to send emails and edit video in time to meet a deadline.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
"We would not let it edit directly because you can't really trust it enough," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Part of the image-making process was to edit out what was unhelpful.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
In 1939, John Houseman joined Welles in Hollywood and helped edit the Citizen Kane script.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Content tagged #backrooms on TikTok exceeds half a million posts, while Instagram fan pages such as @xbackroom, which have hundreds of thousands of followers, further extend the mythology through images, edits and speculative storytelling.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Labour activists were invited to canvass with him and make edits of his time on the Makerfield by-election campaign trail in a language and style that resonates with people online.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
People post photos old and new, blurry and clear, and ask for edits ranging from “Please remove my ex” to “Give me long hair” to “Make this look like a professional headshot.”
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Two days later, Madonna reposted AI fan edits of herself atop the Empire State Building’s spire, waving a “Confessions II” banner.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“This will do,” Miss McDaniels says as she reviews all the edits.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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In this recent interview, edited for length and clarity, Ellis uncovers key lessons from his long career in investment management.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The following excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Last December, Trump sued the BBC and subsidiaries BBC Studios Productions and BBC Studios Distribution over a 2024 Panorama episode that edited together different sections of a speech he gave.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Morgan Smith and Bryony Watson in collaboration with Editor in Chief Emma Tucker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Every phrase was edited to increase the shock mood.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Mr. Woolfson’s book, which is subtitled “Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence,” proposes not the gene-by-gene editing of today’s most ambitious therapies but a more radical rewriting of the human genome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist, briefly editing Parliament's in-house magazine The House, before becoming a disability rights campaigner and trade union official.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
She encouraged him to give a range of performances on set, allowing her to find the character during the editing process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Leveraging these services, the smartphone can provide one-stop support for travel bookings, everyday purchases, local services, office productivity and video editing," it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
I think we get in trouble when this process of editing is disrupted—when we can’t edit, or we don’t know what to edit, or our environment doesn’t let us edit.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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