How to Use revision in a Sentence

revision

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  • The upward revision is the first S&P has made for the oil sands in more than five years.
    — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • Lara said the department was still on track to complete the revisions by the end of the year.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
  • The surgery was a revision for Strider, who had Tommy John surgery in 2019.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2024
  • Stephen Oliver and Tom Vaughan penned the script, with revisions by Shore.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
  • To learn the true end of the story, scientists may need to give the middle chapters a revision.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This year, there's a new rear spoiler, a slight change in the gearing, and minor paint revisions, but that's about it.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But with the revisions to the agreement, that projected start date has been moved to the second quarter of next year.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
  • While the Titanic star was up for it, script revisions that aged down the character took him out of the running.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But some students believe the revision doesn’t go far enough.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
  • And at the bottom, seven states now show zero growth or worse, up from five before the revisions.
    — Alex Tanzi, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In the past decade, drug courts and criminal code revisions may have started to reverse this trend.
    — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But the new revisions to Caltrans’ lease terms suggest wood will not be allowed at all.
    — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Normally, the revisions are small and don't impact the overall view of the economy.
    — Adam Beam, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The revisions are open to public discussion and will come into force on Sept. 2.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Advocates and gun rights activists hailed the revision as a victory that would make the streets safer.
    — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • But his conflicting tour and script revisions now have the project back in development — without a star on the books.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • There's much to be gained from some reasonable revision.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In the document, church leaders make clear that the intention of the guidelines' revisions is not to deny all new claims that emerge.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • The revisions to the Virginia admissions program followed protests over the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Either way, the upward revision comes down to supply and demand.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Professor Sung believes the revisions will help in the short term, but cautions that the law should be seen as a safety net not a solution.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The first edition of the lens showed the onion ring effect in highlights at 75mm, but Tamron paid attention to the bokeh quality with this revision.
    — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
  • What wasn’t mentioned in the media was the downward -146K revisions to February and March data.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Despite the upward revision, U.S. economic growth over the first three months of this year was slower than the 2.6% growth in the previous quarter.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 July 2023
  • Those changes are among 12 revisions recommended by the NFHS.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • The revisions that will be unveiled next month are expected to focus on that element of the package.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Something popping up now will likely need revision once again, likely in a month from now.
    — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 16 June 2024
  • During 2023 budget revisions last month, the city set aside the money for settlements.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • Mercury will also be retrograde in this same part of the sky starting on August 5, so some revisions are to be expected.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
  • The revisions radiate fear without doing anything to address the basis for it.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 11 July 2024

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