delete

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Recent Examples of delete And words can be deleted, edited, substituted, changed. Matthew Clark Davison, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 La Liga had to delete the registration of new FC Barcelona star Joan Garcia after mistakenly including him in the Catalans' first team squad on Friday afternoon, a few hours after the goalkeeper signed his contract at the Joan Gamper CT. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 For those who are not U.S. citizens, there is no guarantee that photos taken at airports will be deleted. Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025 Perhaps for the same reason Trump’s secretary of defense ordered Arlington National Cemetery to delete webpage memorials of Black and Latino people and women who defended our country. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for delete
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Verb
  • Twenty-four flights have been canceled at DIA as of 4:30 p.m. A ground delay has been issued at DIA from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
  • Here’s what should happen: If an accommodation provider cancels your reservation, which is what appeared to have happen, then Booking.com should have notified you as soon as possible — not three days before your trip.
    Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Federal climate science is being systematically erased.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • The Human Constant Technological revolutions do not erase the need for human judgment.
    Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Why are passengers required to remove their shoes at security checkpoints?
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
  • Advertisement The Prime Minister’s remarks echoed a growing sentiment within his far-right coalition, where calls to permanently remove Palestinians from Gaza have become more open in recent months.
    Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Protesters marched in unison with the hundreds of Cubans who had been arrested, beaten up and censored for protesting openly on the island.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • Iran heavily censors the media and the content its citizens consume.
    Shane Croucher Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025

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