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[ed-it] / ˈɛd ɪt /


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Grinstein recalls working on a screenplay with his co-writer and using Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, to generate initial drafts for them to edit and refine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 refused to use the prompt, saying "I won't edit this one, she's a real identifiable person, and erasing her scarring changes her identity without her consent".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The firm also pointed to US chemist and biologist David Liu for developing "precision gene editing technologies that directly edit DNA in living systems".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Erskine mentored Bensky and brought him in at the galley stage to do a final edit of Faulkner’s The Mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then I do something really bad, and I’m just going to fully disclose it here because I can edit it out later.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

El-Sayed ran a social media-first campaign, with TikTok edits showing him speaking directly to young voters, tapping into Gen Z humour, and sporting friendship bracelets.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

CBS News, for its part, called the Status account a “ludicrous, twisted narrative” and insisted the piece received far fewer edits than most.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

He’s been tracking political contests nationwide for more than 25 years and edits and publishes Inside Elections — formerly the Rothenberg Political Report — another nonpartisan field guide to campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

I could approve and send them or make edits when needed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Twenty of my typed pages, full of slashes and red-circled edits, become thirty-one on thick Strathmore white.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Portions of their conversation are excerpted below, edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

In this interview, which has been edited for length and clarity, Robertson spoke about the behind-the-scenes struggles of a man immortalized for making other people laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Liz Webber and Gary Mitchell in collaboration with Editor in Chief Emma Tucker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Though an uncensored director’s cut premiered in 2002, it was never formally released on home media, and “The Devils” remained difficult to find outside of low-quality, choppily edited releases and torrents for decades.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The next day, she put it up again, modified and edited, ending with words she still so easily remembered.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Their new newsletter, with Buckingham again editing, is titled “A Patient Prospector.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Fast forward four years, and generative AI has infiltrated email, note-taking apps, editing software and even screenwriting platforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Gene editing is giving crops a way to tell farmers when they’re feeling stressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Unlike germline editing, these treatments are not intended to create genetic changes that can be inherited by future generations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Each teenager played an integral role in developing the diary entries—reading, editing, and encouraging one another.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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