| Revised |
| Amended |
| Rewrote |
| Censored |
| Redacted |
| Copyread |
| Rephrased |
| Fixed copy |
| Cut for TV |
| Cut a movie |
| Bowdlerized |
| Ready to run |
| Revised copy |
| Checked copy |
| Trimmed text |
| Cut, perhaps |
| Changed lines |
| Did book work |
| Prepared copy |
| Blue-penciled |
| Corrected text |
| Cut and pasted |
| Like some copy |
| Marked up copy |
| Polished prose |
| Polished words |
| Revised (text) |
| Rewrote, maybe |
| Trimmed to fit |
| With revisions |
| Worked on copy |
| Worked on text |
| Corrected copy |
| Made typo-free |
| Made changes to |
| Make redactions |
| Censored, maybe |
| Dealt with copy |
| Tailored a tale |
| Reworked (text) |
| Ready for print |
| Exchanged words? |
| Made publishable |
| Not raw, as text |
| Ready to publish |
| Revised, as copy |
| Emulated Greeley |
| Revised, as text |
| Acted as copyman. |
| Checked the Time? |
| Did newsroom work |
| Got ready to run? |
| Polished, as copy |
| Put in final form |
| Reworked, as text |
| Polished, as text |
| Readied for print |
| Worked on galleys |
| Abridged, in a way |
| Changed alot, e.g. |
| Rewritten, perhaps |
| Spliced film, etc. |
| Corrected, as text |
| Spliced, as a film |
| Prepared for print |
| Cut and pasted, say |
| Corrected, in a way |
| Got ready for print |
| Ready to be printed |
| Trimmed to fit, say |
| Ready to be typeset |
| Cleaned up, in a way |
| Emended a manuscript |
| Got to work on "Time |
| Made typo-free, e.g. |
| Now ready to publish |
| Revised (manuscript) |
| Ready for publication |
| Did work for New York |
| Ordered some takeout? |
| Polished a manuscript |
| Ready for typesetting |
| Prepared (manuscript) |
| Shortened to fit, say |
| Prepared for printing |
| Improved one's Health? |
| Worked the blue pencil |
| Ready to be put to bed |
| Removed typos from, say |
| Readied for publication |
| Readied for the printer |
| [I've made some changes] |
| Changed an author's text |
| Emulated Maxwell Perkins |
| In final form, as a film |
| Made a long story short? |
| Prepared for publication |
| Added to and deleted from |
| Worked on a Life sentence? |
| Reduced a sentence perhaps |
| Shortened a sentence, maybe |
| Found the right words for, maybe |
| Shortened, as a law review article |