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revise

[ri-vahyz] / rɪˈvaɪz /


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In addition, the Alberta government is planning to revise its oil royalty-fee structure to encourage more investment in production, according to local news reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Regardless of reactions from his supporters, Abdurahmanovic said attempts to revise his legacy were in vain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

My grandmother now wants to revise her will to include my sister, her five great-grandchildren, my sister-in-law, and me.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I'm so happy about GCSEs being over, I didn't enjoy forcing myself to revise for subjects I wasn't interested in."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The other reason is that even fifty years after the publication of the Fabrica, there was still strong opposition in some quarters to attempts to revise Galen’s teaching.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Caluori, whose mother Grace is a psychotherapist, regularly lists and revises his goals for the future.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Every year, the BLS revises its employment estimates after examining state tax records on businesses that cover 95% of all workers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

A document one side signs alone and revises by social media post is not an agreement; it is a memorandum of intentions.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

It also revises upward its earnings per share forecast for 2026 to 6.53 euros from 6.44 euros due to stronger commodity prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Not to be outdone, JB revises the bet: Okay, he says.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

Kim estimates the surplus at $42.70 billion in September, widening from the prior month’s revised $34.79 billion and surpassing the previous record of $35.91 billion set in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He said the thought was earlier in the year that economic growth would slow the increase of the deficit, but recently the Congressional Budget Office revised up its estimates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1.72 million in the week through Sept. 12, climbing by 2,000 from the downwardly revised total a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The planned cordon was revised from 1,400m to 755m, with an estimated 339 households set to be evacuated on Wednesday morning.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

I retrieved my journal and wrote another entry, opposite the first, in which I revised the memory.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Ukraine's embassy in Nepal said Friday it was aware of 62 of its citizens with whom contact had been lost, revising its earlier numbers upwards by six.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

An ICE spokesperson did not respond to questions but said the agency consulted with a variety of stakeholders, including facility operators, while revising its standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

He said only one provision remained a sticking point and that the Justice Department was working toward revising a provision of the settlement agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

"I've started revising properly and putting much more effort into my education because I know it's the route to my future."

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

I finished revising the manuscript in 1996, and it was published in 1997.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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