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Hedge Remover

Remove hedging language and wishy-washy qualifiers from AI text. Targets "It's important to note", "It could be argued", "In my opinion", and similar weak phrasing

Version 2026011223304622 operations
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Operations

Regex Replacer
Step 1
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It(?:'s| is) (?:important|essential|crucial|vital|key|critical|necessary|helpful) to (?:note|mention|understand|remember|recognize|acknowledge|point out|keep in mind|bear in mind) that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 2
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It(?:'s| is) worth (?:noting|mentioning|pointing out|remembering|considering|keeping in mind) that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 3
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It should be (?:noted|mentioned|pointed out|emphasized|stressed) that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 4
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It (?:could|might|may|can) be (?:argued|said|suggested|claimed) that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 5
flags:"gi"
pattern:"(?:One|Some|Many|People) (?:could|might|may|would) (?:argue|say|suggest|claim) that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 6
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:In my (?:opinion|view|experience)|From my (?:perspective|point of view|standpoint)|As I see it|Personally)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 7
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))I (?:think|believe|feel|suppose|guess|imagine|assume|suspect) (?:that )?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 8
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:That (?:being )?said|Having said that|With that (?:being )?said|That aside|Be that as it may)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 9
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:However|Nevertheless|Nonetheless|Still|Yet|Although|Though)[,:\\-—] ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 10
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It (?:might|may|could) be worth (?:considering|exploring|looking into|thinking about) "
replacement:"Consider "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 11
flags:"gi"
pattern:"You (?:might|may|could) (?:want|wish|like) to (?:consider|explore|look into|think about) "
replacement:"Consider "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 12
flags:"gi"
pattern:"(?:might|could|may) potentially "
replacement:"might "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 13
flags:"gi"
pattern:"possibly (?:might|could|may) "
replacement:"might "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 14
flags:"gi"
pattern:"It(?:'s| is) (?:quite )?possible that "
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 15
flags:"gi"
pattern:" (?:seems?|appears?) to be "
replacement:" is "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 16
flags:"gi"
pattern:" (?:seems?|appears?) to "
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 17
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:in some cases|in certain (?:cases|situations|circumstances)|depending on (?:the )?circumstances|to some (?:extent|degree))[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 18
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:in a sense|in a way|as it were)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 19
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:though|although|but) (?:more )?(?:data|research|analysis|investigation|study) (?:would|might|may|could) (?:help|be needed)[^.!?]*"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Hedge Reducer
Step 20
level:0.5
probability:0.6
keep_politeness:false
Punctuation Normalizer
Step 21
Capitalization Style
Step 22
mode:"sentence"
preserve_headings:true