as in to cancel
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact
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Recent Examples of delete
In 2017, Posobiec circulated a post that falsely claimed that CNN had published and then deleted an article defending Bill Maher’s use of an anti-Black slur.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
This article has been updated to delete the reference to his remarks about the protectorate.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Users should be able to export the trace or delete all data from a run easily, and the information should be presented in plain language.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
This article has been updated to delete the reference to his remarks about the protectorate.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Users should be able to export the trace or delete all data from a run easily, and the information should be presented in plain language.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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The Barca and Madrid reactions to the Miami game being cancelled was certainly divergent, and there will be lingering tension in the Bernabeu’s VIP areas on Sunday.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The principal didn’t immediately realize the alert had been canceled, a spokesperson for Baltimore County Public Schools told WBAL.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Private equity firms are showing a great interest in buying into the NFL — the biggest and most profitable sports league in the world — and are boosting values by setting a floor on valuations and erasing concerns other limited partners may have had over liquidity, CNBC reported.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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There’s community education if the state is going to censor your education.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Don’t censor yourself to avoid making a stir.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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