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

Examples of redacted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Zoom out: Smith filed the sealed legal brief last week, leaving Chutkan to decide whether or not to publicly release it, or a redacted version of it. Erin Doherty, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 Chutkan permitted a redacted version to be made public. Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024 Last week, Smith filed a sealed brief seeking to justify the superseding indictment, then sought to file a redacted version for public release. MORE: What does presidential immunity ruling mean for presidential power, democratic norms? Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024 In an unsuccessful attempt to change the judge’s mind, his lawyers relied in part on the redacted former employee’s story, to demonstrate the real world harm that people in China may face when speaking out about TikTok and ByteDance. Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redacted 

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Word History

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 31 Oct. 2024.

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