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Recent Examples of deletion The evidence leans toward the account being American, but the deletion leaves some uncertainty. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 By 2016, researchers were specifically editing in deletions of imprinted genes in order to allow the creation of embryos by fusing stem cell lines that only had a single set of chromosomes. ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025 Importantly, not everyone with such a deletion will develop schizophrenia or other psychiatric conditions. William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 This one variant, which appears as a deletion that causes a nearby gene to over-express, essentially serves as a switch to produce lighter features instead of the default brown or black fur color – which presents as orange in male individuals with this mutation. New Atlas, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for deletion
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omission
Noun
  • She was also named in the competition’s team of the season, but was a notable omission from the Ballon d’Or list that year.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
  • The reasons for their omission range from scheduling conflicts and creative choices to death (of the character, not the actor).
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025

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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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