as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
cross out the old phone number and write in the new one
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Verb
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Steganos Safe and Folder Lock are among the apps that can shred a drive’s free space, effectively applying secure deletion to already deleted files.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025 -
The student cited a study that was recently deleted by the Department of Justice, which decisively stated that right-wing political violence is much more common than left-wing violence, on which Kirk's assassination has been blamed.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Cal Poly canceled the final three games of the 1960.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Crossed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossed%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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