deleted

past tense of delete

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of deleted The students stopped the recording, deleted the video and gave the device to a teacher, the Tracy Police Department said in a statement. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Or it was rotated and replaced by a new one and the predecessor was never deleted. Atsushi Yamada, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 If no wake word is detected, the audio used for wake word detection is processed locally on the TV, promptly deleted, and is not transmitted to LG servers. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 But many of the videos that were circulating widely after the floods were being actively deleted, according to Bandurski. Jennifer Pak, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026 Loughlin had deleted her Instagram account on March 12, 2019, the day the news broke. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 By default, Flock information is deleted after seven days, unless clients request otherwise or need to preserve it for evidence in an investigation. Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Good Good deleted the advertisement as soon as the backlash began and apologized a day later, but the damage was done. Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Data procured by Tarrant’s cameras is deleted after 30 days unless there’s reasonable cause to keep it longer. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleted
Verb
  • Games were canceled, tearful tributes were made and things were solemn for a long time.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The event was canceled, and the Canadian government lost millions on the project.
    Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In Week 1, Carroll erased a 27-0 deficit to stun Oklahoma power Jenks at the Cotton Bowl in a thrilling win.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Rookie fifth-round running back Emmett Johnson flashed vision in the opener, finishing with 12 carries for 59 yards and a touchdown erased by a holding call on Hunter Nourzad.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Nike's stock price has plummeted nearly 80% from its 2021 peak, and the company is set to be removed from the S&P 100 Index before the market opens next Monday.
    , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Famously, nipples on male-presenting people are rarely censored—online or in real life—the way nipples on people with breasts are.
    Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Until after the fact, Field had no idea that she had been censored.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Deleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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