as in to delete
to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information
Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.
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Recent Examples of redact
The names of several other co-defendants in the case remain redacted from public indictments.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Although information on the police report was heavily redacted, the address is Kelce’s residence.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The document redacted the identities of many alleged co-perpetrators.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Sadly, most of the details in the crash reports have been redacted by Tesla.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Although information on the police report was heavily redacted, the address is Kelce’s residence.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The document redacted the identities of many alleged co-perpetrators.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Sadly, most of the details in the crash reports have been redacted by Tesla.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redact
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There is no mechanism for recovering data once it has been deleted, Flock Safety states on its website.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Some companies have strategically deployed offensive tactics and obtained immediate results including short-sellers deleting a report and/or issuing a retraction.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 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,
1 Oct. 2025
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Those Padres quickly erased a one-run deficit and eventually won on a walk-off home run by Steve Garvey that remains perhaps the franchise’s greatest moment.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Officials urge residents to take precautions like using insect repellent and removing standing water.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Yet, Barclays’ Venkateshwar expects the environment will likely get more difficult for the wireless carrier in the future, as the entire sector deals with elevated churn — the pace at which customers are added and removed.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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