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edit (out)

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Definition of edit (out)

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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed

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Fox's attorneys noted that Rupert Murdoch had been auto-deleting all of his text messages until about April 2022, which was after Dominion had filed its lawsuit against Fox for broadcasting unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

— Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
A day after Feldstein’s arrest, Urich deleted his phone’s text history.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

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