deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən 
dē-
Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians demand that more than 500 intermediaries called data brokers wipe their personal information from the data on sale and regularly repeat those deletions in the future.
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
The biggest noise around the roster unveiling will undoubtedly surround former Norris Trophy winner Adam Fox’s deletion after a tough 4 Nations tournament and not selecting the second-leading goal-scoring American, Jason Robertson.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The Times analyzed seven drafts of the report obtained through a records request and disclosed the significant deletions and revisions.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Time Machine automatically backs up your files to an external drive or network disk, keeping your data safe from ransomware, hardware failure or accidental deletion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
The biggest noise around the roster unveiling will undoubtedly surround former Norris Trophy winner Adam Fox’s deletion after a tough 4 Nations tournament and not selecting the second-leading goal-scoring American, Jason Robertson.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The Times analyzed seven drafts of the report obtained through a records request and disclosed the significant deletions and revisions.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Time Machine automatically backs up your files to an external drive or network disk, keeping your data safe from ransomware, hardware failure or accidental deletion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deletion. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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