subedit

verb

Definition of subeditnext
as in to touch up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subedit
  1. touch up
  2. read
  3. perfect
  4. polish
  5. sub
  6. edit
Verb
  • Mirrored walls offered guests the perfect excuse to snap a quick selfie or touch up their lip gloss.
    — Simone Cook, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
  • It's aimed at users who expect frequent everyday use and prefer to touch up their own edge more easily.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of touch up
Verb
  • Under the state's system, ballots that display voters' choices and electronic ballot images created by the scanners that read them are randomized.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans.
    — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of read
Verb
  • Sports radio perfected play-by-play commentary and talk shows that often involved debates with fans.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the maple seed’s gentle spiral to the forest floor and the fish’s swift flick through open water.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of perfect
Verb
  • Each refillable case secures with a satisfying magnetic closure, and is polished with an alabaster finish.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.
    — LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of polish
Verb
  • Bagent was 25 for 34 while subbing for Caleb Williams, who missed his second straight game because of a right hamstring injury.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Already, Lancaster has doubled for a Texas town; Griffith Park for the Pacific Crest Trail and locations in Newhall and Burbank have subbed in for Salt Lake City.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of sub
Verb
  • Blair Kerkhoff contributed; the summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • It was edited by Sarah Handel, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.
    — October 2, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of edit
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“Subedit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subedit. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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