as in omissions
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 deletions
Often there are gaps or deliberate deletions from the historical record.
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Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The Times analyzed seven drafts of the report obtained through a records request and disclosed the significant deletions and revisions.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
In the past, that required them to contact individual companies or data brokers to request one-by-one deletions.
—Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
However, all of the deletions that had already been saved under the order will still be accessible to the NYT’s lawyers as evidence.
—PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2025
These secondary variants took many forms, including both small changes and large deletions, duplications and expansions of their DNA.
—Santhosh Girirajan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Among other deletions, the reports do not include accounts from individual abuse survivors or witnesses.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The Times analyzed seven drafts of the report obtained through a records request and disclosed the significant deletions and revisions.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
In the past, that required them to contact individual companies or data brokers to request one-by-one deletions.
—Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
However, all of the deletions that had already been saved under the order will still be accessible to the NYT’s lawyers as evidence.
—PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2025
These secondary variants took many forms, including both small changes and large deletions, duplications and expansions of their DNA.
—Santhosh Girirajan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Among other deletions, the reports do not include accounts from individual abuse survivors or witnesses.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deletions
omissions
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Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Real Madrid full-back, is among the high-profile omissions, along with Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins, Manchester United defender Luke Shaw and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Such refusal letters are rare and typically reserved for applications with egregious omissions.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Deletions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletions. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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