as in to delete
to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information
Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.
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Recent Examples of redact
The Brookfield Police Department previously released partially redacted police reports and body camera footage to the Tribune following a Freedom of Information Act request that showed interviews done on site with Saracco, Held and other witnesses.
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
His name is redacted in the affidavit.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
According to a 911 call obtained by CNN in response to a request for recordings related to Busch’s medical emergency, a caller – whose name is redacted in the recording – asks for an ambulance to come to a training facility in Concord, North Carolina.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
The names of the senders and recipients of the emails were redacted.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
His name is redacted in the affidavit.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
According to a 911 call obtained by CNN in response to a request for recordings related to Busch’s medical emergency, a caller – whose name is redacted in the recording – asks for an ambulance to come to a training facility in Concord, North Carolina.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
The names of the senders and recipients of the emails were redacted.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redact
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Laster ruled on Tuesday that WWE executives destroyed evidence by using the auto-delete setting on the messaging app Signal, enabling potentially relevant communications to be deleted.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Boyle, 65, shared a series of Instagram photos on Thursday, May 28, after deleting all previous posts.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The New York Knicks are going to the NBA Finals with a chance to erase a long run of postseason futility.—
Bob Harkins,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Point Loma catcher Avery MacPherson erased that deficit in the home half of the third with her own three-run blast.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Escalante Sandoval then approached the parked van, removed a key concealed in the gas cap and backed it up, allowing a group of people to move three deep freezers from the van into the bed of the truck and load them with packages.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Nothing has been touched since the artist’s death in 2009 except for dust removed by a neighbor and caretaker.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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