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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for deletion
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omission
Noun
  • She was also named in the competition’s team of the season, but was a notable omission from the Ballon d’Or list that year.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
  • The reasons for their omission range from scheduling conflicts and creative choices to death (of the character, not the actor).
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025

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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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