How to Use edit in a Sentence

edit

1 of 2 verb
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  • The book was poorly edited.
  • This chapter needs to be edited.
  • The stories have been edited for a younger audience.
  • The software allows you to edit videos on your computer.
  • This film has been edited for television.
  • Students learn to edit their essays for grammar and punctuation.
  • Then the copy edits and the fact check and the legal review.
    — Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
  • But there must have been no time to edit out that footage.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Once their boys got burned out, Dave asked them to teach him how to edit.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The video utilized a greenscreen and took about eight hours to shoot and 30 hours to edit.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Phil can’t wait till the next day to edit and send his images.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 June 2022
  • Users will also be able to edit their 'Shared Users' list on the app, too.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The image had been edited not to remove her clothes, but to add them.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Note: Some of the answers have been edited and condensed for length.
    — Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
  • There was an art cart where people could learn to edit short videos, and there were free movies on the lawn.
    — Tess Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • The film is stark in its refusal to edit away what doesn’t fit with glamour.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2022
  • Cook, the co-author of that report, edited the new study.
    — Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • There was hardly time to edit, but the shot didn’t need much editing.
    — Matt Cohen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Nevertheless, the trial marks the first time it’s been shown to be safe to edit the genomes of cells in the body.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But his absence forced Hill to edit his play-call sheet.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2020
  • So, the big difference with this pig is that its genes have been edited.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This is a great time for everyone to edit their wardrobes.
    — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Husted's face is edited into the picture with duct tape over his mouth.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Some of the answers were edited for length and clarity.
    — Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 22 Jan. 2020
  • A few years ago, no bride- or groom-to-be would dare edit a guest list after sending out a save-the-date.
    — WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The rule of thumb is around three months for network TV series to be written, shot and edited.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Boone Ashworth, who edited the show, can be found at @booneashworth.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 June 2019
  • Two days isn’t exactly enough time to film and edit new scenes for the show or anything.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The conversation, edited for length and clarity, is presented in a question and answer format to share Shannon’s story in her own words.
    — Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Ngo, for those who are unaware, is a far-right troll who spreads antifa conspiracy theories and has been accused of publishing selectively edited videos of antifa protests to make the left-wing activist group look violent.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
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edit

2 of 2 noun
  • Vogue’s edit of the best sales to shop is a great place to start.
    — Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
  • To prep, shoot, edit — that’s about a year of your life.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
  • That adage about how a film is made three times — on the page, on the set and in the edit — is true.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • And in the ways that memes evolve, some go through a second stage of edits.
    — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 22 May 2018
  • That's where our edit of the best Nordstrom gifts of 2023 comes in.
    — Condé Nast, Allure, 30 Sep. 2023
  • By the time the game ended, my work looked like the first edit of a novel.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2 July 2019
  • The big Twitter news this week was, of course, the edit button.
    — WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Read on for our edit on the best beauty products of the year.
    — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 18 Dec. 2017
  • This was my film, and no one was going to change my edit in the end.
    — Sonaiya Kelley, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
  • Check out our edit of the best Black Friday deals of 2023.
    — Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Should he be cut, in the final edit, his name still will be there, twice, at the end.
    — Tim Chitwood, ajc, 22 May 2021
  • Some of them needed a lot of direction and a lot of help in the edit room.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • This might be why Musk is now quibbling about the edit.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2018
  • Drive is what gets you to the finish line, the final edit, or the summit.
    — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Our edits would always come in so long — an hour and a half on a cut.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There has been a lot of talk this season about your edit.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Thank you so so much to @brianandsharnafans for this amazing edit.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The show is once again giving Tahz the drama queen edit.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The edit also features some of Beckman’s work from the ’80s.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But an edit to make the photo fit in the program's template.
    — Nina Mandell, USA TODAY, 30 May 2017
  • That's one small step for a man, one giant edit for mankind.
    — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Thompson: There is a lot of stuff you guys filmed that didn’t make the final edit.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • This includes a re-edit and re-design of the layout and text.
    — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • For more ways to show a hint of skin this fall, shop our edit of the best off-the-shoulder tops right below.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The move to Sunday nights on CBS means the show will need to undergo some edits.
    — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • If the number had gone down, I probably would’ve been locked out of the edit.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • But, his edit on the show played into a lot of this in a humorous way.
    — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 1 July 2020
  • Even at four minutes, the radio edit feels a bit too long.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Collaborating via Skype, email, and phone, the two passed plans back and forth, each waking up to notes and edits from the other.
    — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Two new variations — a Tiësto remix and a radio edit — arrived in the latest tracking week, adding steam to the song’s climb up to the peak.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024

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