deleting

verb

present participle of delete
as in canceling
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact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 deleting Jonathan Thomas kept deleting text messages from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, assuming the couple's digital wedding invitation was spam. — Bryan West, USA Today, 18 July 2026 At the time, Grande confirmed the news by deleting Instagram posts with Alvarez and sharing some telling tweets. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026 The affidavit also said Roper admitted to deleting text messages between him and Erving. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 The document also indicates Roper admitted to deleting text messages between him and Erving from his phone. — Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 13 July 2026 The affidavit alleges Roper tampered with physical evidence by discarding Erving's clothing and deleting communications with Erving from his cellphone. — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 July 2026 Once your media moves into that AI-training pipeline, deleting the original activity may not pull it back. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 And that’s on top of allegedly deleting or compressing billions of logs that should have been preserved. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 These negative feelings associated with politics only serve to highlight the positive reactions to deleting your social media. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleting
  1. canceling
  2. erasing
  3. removing
  4. censoring
Verb
  • Consumers bypassing or canceling their cable subscriptions are cutting into the fees stations receive from pay TV providers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • The requirement that companies have clear processes for cancelling a subscription or membership does not apply to all businesses.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
Definition of canceling
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  • These hit the ticker the same day IBM cratered 25%, erasing roughly $40 billion in market value on a revenue miss that, in any other environment, would have been unremarkable.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company has plunged one-third from its post-listing peak, erasing nearly $850 billion in value.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • Leaders add value by asking better questions, widening perspectives, connecting people, allocating resources and removing the obstacles that slow great work.
    — Brent McHugh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The state added women to the workforce without removing men from their role as sole providers.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of removing
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  • Aguirre’s interviews are carefully edited with bleeps, censoring the ‘cabr—s’, the ‘hijos de p—s’ and ‘carambas’.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
Definition of censoring

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