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[ed-it] / ˈɛd ɪt /


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Those lines were actually spoken nearly an hour apart, and the BBC has apologized for how the edit was constructed.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

The BBC has previously apologised for the edit but denied it was grounds for defamation.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Job seekers are also taking steps to edit terms out of their profiles that might be less enticing to employers today than just a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“I edit differently now than I used to with the popularity of single-cam because the shows move much faster,” says Marshall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

When she played the edit, the transition was perfectly clean.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Versions of it soon trended online, with users adding edits and jokes and mocking the lighting and camera angles in his video.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The “Department of War” is posting edits of wars happening in the Middle East.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

If a fund offers high income, Leyla Kunimoto, a private investor who edits Accredited Investor Insights, asks:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

I ain’t been able to see Miss Skeeter in person in six months, since we finished Miss Stein’s edits and turned in the final copy.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

According to listing agent Thomas Raigeul of Sotheby’s International Realty, he “at times edited films” in the home, where he was living while working on projects like “Miss Congeniality” and “Nacho Libre.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

“The deceptively edited video created by someone unauthorized to be on our property does not reflect the circumstances of the incident accurately.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The filing alleged Flores deceptively edited the recordings to hide his own insensitive remarks and suggested he was motivated by a desire to win a large legal settlement in court.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The following excerpt of their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Anything written in the first person in Deborah Lacks’s voice is a quote of her speaking, edited for length and occasionally clarity.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The broadcaster has previously apologised for editing together two different sections of the speech he gave before the 2021 Capitol riots.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

According to Pangram, A.I.-assisted writing “is text a person wrote partly with help from an AI tool—for example, editing or rewriting parts.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

In a clip on his personal TikTok, Burnham, thanks to clever editing, appears to toss up a mortarboard hat and catch a builder's helmet, as he promotes technical education.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Through eight flights, 14 days on the road and countless hours in interviews and in the editing room, I got a peek at the moments—both stomach-churning and euphoric—that shaped them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

I did not find out how much other teenagers go through until we started writing and editing our stories.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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