: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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An unknown caller, whose name was redacted from the call, dialed 911 at 2:50 a.m.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 June 2025 Three days later, an unknown caller (whose name was also redacted) made a 911 call from Scott and Kelley's home in Park City, Utah.—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 June 2025 Inspection reports that describe unsafe manufacturing conditions are public, but the FDA redacts the names of the medications made in those factories.—Katherine Dailey, ProPublica, 18 June 2025 Some of the most common approaches include: Masking is a non-reversible method used to redact sensitive data.—Leon Bian, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact
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Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
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