as in canceled
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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 deleted
Then, at some point in the past week, Collegiate Consulting deleted the post standing by those figures.
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Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Social media company Discord announced plans in February to roll out mandatory age verification globally, which the company said would rely on verification methods designed so facial analysis occurs on a user’s device and submitted data would be deleted immediately.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
If a user deleted a message and then deleted the trash, it would not be included when messages were backed up overnight.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
The post, which was later deleted, accompanied a video appearing to show fiery explosions captured from an in-flight aircraft.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Throughout the two and a half weeks of chat logs between September and October obtained by the Herald, the secretary of the county’s Republican Party, Abel Carvajal, participated occasionally and deleted some messages, but didn’t shut the chat down.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
In addition to her arrest, Spears seems to have deleted her Instagram account sometime this week.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Amid the arrest, Spears also seemingly deleted her Instagram profile.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
At the time of publication, Spears’ Instagram account appeared to have been deactivated or deleted.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Social media company Discord announced plans in February to roll out mandatory age verification globally, which the company said would rely on verification methods designed so facial analysis occurs on a user’s device and submitted data would be deleted immediately.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
If a user deleted a message and then deleted the trash, it would not be included when messages were backed up overnight.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
The post, which was later deleted, accompanied a video appearing to show fiery explosions captured from an in-flight aircraft.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Throughout the two and a half weeks of chat logs between September and October obtained by the Herald, the secretary of the county’s Republican Party, Abel Carvajal, participated occasionally and deleted some messages, but didn’t shut the chat down.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
In addition to her arrest, Spears seems to have deleted her Instagram account sometime this week.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Amid the arrest, Spears also seemingly deleted her Instagram profile.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
At the time of publication, Spears’ Instagram account appeared to have been deactivated or deleted.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleted
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Why was Magic City Monday cancelled?—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sarkisian said Texas hoped to deploy Baker at guard last season, but a preseason injury to fellow tackle Andre Cojoe canceled those plans.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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Whereas there was a time in recent years when open shelving pretty much erased all upper cabinets, that's not how they're used in modern trends.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
12 Mar. 2026
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When young mice that were housed with older mice were given antibiotics, however, the effect was erased.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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The paramedics had removed one of the bullets from Martinez’s arm, leaving it behind, along with bloody rags.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Add to those concerns the possibility that bad news about the economy is being censored.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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When Roberto Plate’s Baño (Bathroom), 1968, a replica of a bathroom that allowed visitors to write anti-government graffiti, was censored, the other artists, including Paksa, dragged their works into the street outside the center and destroyed them.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Deleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleted. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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