| Word in proofreading | 20 |
| Proofreader's "leave it" | 38 |
| Proofer's never-mind | 24 |
| Proofer's "nevermind" | 35 |
| Proof direction | 15 |
| Marginal mark, perhaps | 22 |
| Margin notation | 15 |
| Margin marking | 14 |
| Margin mark, perhaps | 20 |
| Let stand, in editorial parlance | 32 |
| Leave, in publishing | 20 |
| Leave unchanged, to an editor | 29 |
| Leave in, in proofreading | 25 |
| Leave in, editorially | 21 |
| Leave in after all | 18 |
| Editor's scribble | 21 |
| Editor's instruction | 24 |
| Dele canceler | 13 |
| Copy editor's marking | 25 |
| "No dele" | 19 |
| "Never mind," to a proofer | 36 |
| "Let it be" | 21 |
| "Leave it in" | 23 |
| "Leave it in," editorially | 36 |
| "Keep it" notation | 28 |
| "Keep it in" | 22 |
| "It's OK after all" in editing | 44 |
| "Ignore edit" | 23 |
| "Don't change that" | 33 |
| ''Don't change!'' to a printer | 50 |
| What dots denote, in proofreading | 33 |
| Unmake changes | 14 |
| Typesetter's cue | 20 |
| Text preserver, to an editor | 28 |
| Reinstate, in a way | 19 |
| Put back, in a way | 18 |
| Proofreader's instruction | 29 |
| Proofreader's ''leave as-is'' | 49 |
| Proofer's word | 18 |
| Proof notation | 14 |
| Proof instruction | 17 |
| Printer's directive | 23 |
| Printer's "let it stand" | 38 |
| Order in? | 9 |
| Nullify a correction | 20 |
| Note for a typesetter | 21 |
| Mark on galleys | 15 |
| Mark of reconsideration | 23 |
| Mark in a margin | 16 |
| Marginal word | 13 |
| Manuscript directive | 20 |
| Literally, ''let it stand'' | 43 |
| Let stand | 9 |
| Let it stand, to an editor | 26 |
| Let it be, in journalese | 24 |
| Leave it, editorially | 21 |
| Leave in, to a proofreader | 26 |
| Leave in after all, to an editor | 32 |
| It cancels a dele | 17 |
| EditorÂ’s "ignore this" | 36 |
| Editorial O.K. | 14 |
| Editorial ''keep'' | 34 |
| Editor's word in the margins | 32 |
| Editor's term | 17 |
| Editor's scribble, perhaps | 30 |
| Editor's note, perhaps | 26 |
| Editor's notation, perhaps | 30 |
| Editor's instruction, perhaps | 33 |
| Editor's command | 20 |
| Editor's change of heart | 28 |
| Editor's annotation | 23 |
| Editor's "undo" | 29 |
| Editor's ''leave it'' | 41 |
| Editor's ''keep'' | 37 |
| Ditch a dele | 12 |
| Delete a deletion | 17 |
| Dele's antithesis | 21 |
| Dele that dele! | 15 |
| Dele negator | 12 |
| Alteration canceler | 19 |
| "Undo" mark | 21 |
| "Leave it," to a typesetter | 37 |
| "Leave it in" mark | 28 |
| "Leave it in," in proofreading | 40 |
| "Leave as-is" | 23 |
| "Leave as is," to an editor | 37 |
| "Keep it" mark | 24 |
| "Keep it," to an editor | 33 |
| "Don't take this out" | 35 |
| ''Leave as is'' | 31 |
| ''Don't expunge that,'' e.g. | 48 |
| ''Don't delete this'' | 41 |
| ''Don't dele!'' | 35 |
| ''Don't change this!'' | 42 |
| Word on a galley proof | 22 |
| Word on a galley | 16 |
| Word for a keeper? | 18 |
| Word canceling a deletion | 25 |
| What blue dots signify | 22 |
| What a line of dots may signify | 31 |