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
On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians demand that more than 500 intermediaries called data brokers wipe their personal information from the data on sale and regularly repeat those deletions in the future.
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
The biggest noise around the roster unveiling will undoubtedly surround former Norris Trophy winner Adam Fox’s deletion after a tough 4 Nations tournament and not selecting the second-leading goal-scoring American, Jason Robertson.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Time Machine automatically backs up your files to an external drive or network disk, keeping your data safe from ransomware, hardware failure or accidental deletion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Since its deletion, fans of Rodrigo have been copy/pasting her original message to remind viewers of Rodrigo’s take.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
The biggest noise around the roster unveiling will undoubtedly surround former Norris Trophy winner Adam Fox’s deletion after a tough 4 Nations tournament and not selecting the second-leading goal-scoring American, Jason Robertson.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Time Machine automatically backs up your files to an external drive or network disk, keeping your data safe from ransomware, hardware failure or accidental deletion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Since its deletion, fans of Rodrigo have been copy/pasting her original message to remind viewers of Rodrigo’s take.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deletion
omission
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Boone’s major crime is, rather than selling oil to a world hungry for it, an act of dishonesty—largely a lie of omission.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chase Infiniti One of the surprise omissions from the Oscar nominations is back in the awards fray at the BAFTAs.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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