: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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The filing also requests that future filings referencing the minor be submitted under seal and that sensitive information be redacted from public records.—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 The name of the victim was redacted from court documents.—Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025 As recently as 2024, his Freedom of Information battle forced the release of thousands of additional BBC emails, though many remain heavily redacted.—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025 The judge’s order is partially redacted, but Halligan appears to have misled the grand jurors about Comey’s constitutional right not to testify.—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact
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Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
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