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Recent Examples of deletion How long is student data stored, and can parents request deletion? The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025 More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ personal information, hid their deletion instructions from Google, according to a review by The Markup and CalMatters of hundreds of broker websites. Calmatters, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 When Lemkin asked Replit whether rollbacks were possible after a database deletion, his concerned framing likely prompted a response that matched that concern—generating an explanation for why recovery might be impossible rather than accurately assessing actual system capabilities. ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025 More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ personal information, hid their deletion instructions from Google, according to a review by The Markup and CalMatters of hundreds of broker websites. Calmatters, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deletion
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omission
Noun
  • His teammates, however, did not think that his omission was a big deal.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • These omissions include Antonio Banderas, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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