blue-pencil

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blue-pencil

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From blue + pencil.

verb blue-pencils · blue-penciling · blue-pencilling · blue-penciled · blue-pencilled

transitive To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
slang To use a line-item veto.

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verb to edit written documents

中文	修改 xiūgǎi, 刪除 /删除 shānchú
Français	caviarder

verb use a line-item veto

中文	行使部分否決權 /行使部分否决权 xíngshǐ bùfen fǒujuéquán

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@misc{blue_pencil_2026,
  title = {blue-pencil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blue-pencil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}