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  • noun Plural form of revise.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revise.

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Examples

  • Each new word revises the complex picture we had a moment before.

    and then my brain exploded jlundberg 2005

  • 'revises' -- for preparing and adjusting the press for the due performance of its work, and to supply the place of any sheets which may be accidentally dirtied or destroyed in the processes of printing, or injured by the binder in putting into boards.

    On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831

  • He "revises" historical data lower, hides data, won't show raw data or methods, etc, etc, etc.

    Latest Articles Climate Change Fraud 2009

  • He revises their time signatures, elides them, elongates them, derives incomparable pleasure from ignoring them, suggesting as he does that melodies are blueprints for a different kind of improvisation, for a different kind of deconstruction, for, that is, an unprecedented Elling treatment.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

  • He revises their time signatures, elides them, elongates them, derives incomparable pleasure from ignoring them, suggesting as he does that melodies are blueprints for a different kind of improvisation, for a different kind of deconstruction, for, that is, an unprecedented Elling treatment.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

  • Andrew Cuomo and the state's second-largest government union struck a tentative agreement on Sunday that revises its package of pay and benefit concessions and staves off nearly 3,500 layoffs.

    Cuomo Forges Deal to Avert Layoffs Jacob Gershman 2011

  • You can see how her mind was moving—how she's refining and sharpening her text as she revises.

    Dollars and Sensibility: Austen Pages for Sale 2011

  • He revises their time signatures, elides them, elongates them, derives incomparable pleasure from ignoring them, suggesting as he does that melodies are blueprints for a different kind of improvisation, for a different kind of deconstruction, for, that is, an unprecedented Elling treatment.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

  • On Monday, the top American commander in Afghanistan said in a statement that success in the conflict is achievable if the United States revises its strategy.

    CNN Poll: Afghanistan War opposition at all-time high 2009

  • In a group interview after Friday's meeting, Mr. Woodford said he agreed with the other directors that the company's stock should stay listed, and the board should work as hard as it can to ensure it revises its financial statements by a Dec. 14 deadline set by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

    Woodford Finds Common Ground With Olympus Board Juro Osawa 2011

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