Revises

Each new word revises the complex picture we had a moment before. ❋ 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. ❋ Charles Babbage (1831)

He "revises" historical data lower, hides data, won't show raw data or methods, etc, etc, etc. ❋ Climate Change Fraud (2009)

The government uses the MOF's survey when it revises the figures. ❋ Takashi Mochizuki (2011)

The CME revises its margin requirements as a normal course of business and has previously raised them during times of high volatility to guard traders against additional risk, an exchange spokesperson told Dow Jones Newswires earlier this week. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (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 (2011)

I suppose in a way all fiction revises life, whether to make it happier or sadder or funnier or stranger or tidier or messier -- whatever the writer wants or needs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You can see how her mind was moving—how she's refining and sharpening her text as she revises. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cadet Davis reviews and revises the titles of 30 manuscripts submitted to a writing workshop. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, a unit of the oil ministry, revises loss estimates for the retailers every fortnight. ❋ Rakesh Sharma (2011)

The Realtors group typically revises home-sales data every 10 years because its estimates are benchmarked to sales figures from the decennial census survey. ❋ Nick Timiraos (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. ❋ Jacob Gershman (2011)

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. ❋ Juro Osawa (2011)

Yet Mr. Jordan slightly revises the notion that Patton neglected logistics; the ­general was actually adept at supplying his rapid advances. ❋ Michael Burleigh (2011)