as in omission
something left out
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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Recent Examples of deletion
In the meantime, Kaelin and his collaborators want to figure out how a small deletion that’s not itself within a gene can change the activity of a nearby gene.
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
This step is critical in preventing the deletion or tampering with valuable evidence that could make or break a case.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Those deletions explain why 23andMe’s site temporarily went down when the company initially announced its bankruptcy filing.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
However, effective data retention and deletion (by design) are often never considered up front.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
This step is critical in preventing the deletion or tampering with valuable evidence that could make or break a case.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Those deletions explain why 23andMe’s site temporarily went down when the company initially announced its bankruptcy filing.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
However, effective data retention and deletion (by design) are often never considered up front.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deletion
omission
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Yet no former secretary of state has been more vehemently criticized, most notably for sins of omission and commission in countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile and East Timor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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His omission has confounded the Mets and many others around baseball.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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