as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed
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The post was deleted after her release.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Advertisement Despite their competence, the agents are by no means perfectly reliable—as Summer Yue, Meta’s director of AI alignment, discovered when her claw system almost deleted all of her emails.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Airlines around the world have been forced to cancel flights through multiple cities in the area, affecting thousands of global travelers.—
Karla Cripps,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Qatar Airways said flights to and from Doha had been canceled and didn’t provide an estimate for when service would resume.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Edit (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edit%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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