redacted
adjective
re·dact·ed
ri-ˈdak-təd 
: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information
a highly redacted copy of the file
The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.—
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Kiser's declaration, which was attached to the initial lawsuit filing in May as a redacted version, was confidential until now.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
The letter, seen by Britain’s PA Media news agency, sets a deadline of August 20 for Beijing to give its reasoning for the redacted information.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
In a heavily redacted paragraph that seems to refer to specific incidents, prosecutors said this evidence was not presented at trial but was included in materials given to the judge and Combs’ team.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Key Facts The Trump administration made available more than 240,000 pages related to King’s 1968 assassination on Monday, though many of the documents—including several that remain redacted—are difficult to read after age and a digitizing process.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
The letter, seen by Britain’s PA Media news agency, sets a deadline of August 20 for Beijing to give its reasoning for the redacted information.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
In a heavily redacted paragraph that seems to refer to specific incidents, prosecutors said this evidence was not presented at trial but was included in materials given to the judge and Combs’ team.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Key Facts The Trump administration made available more than 240,000 pages related to King’s 1968 assassination on Monday, though many of the documents—including several that remain redacted—are difficult to read after age and a digitizing process.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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