redacted

adjective

re·​dact·​ed ri-ˈdak-təd How to pronounce redacted (audio)
: 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.Scott Horton

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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 Now that a redacted version of the lawsuit has been filed with New York State Court, years of frustration were given an opportunity to boil over in public. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for redacted

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First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of redacted was in 1967

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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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