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
Names of law enforcement officers and unindicted subject will be redacted, Judge Dale Ho wrote in his order.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
While the minor’s age was redacted in documents, she was arrested and charged with seven felony counts of lewd or lascivious behavior, specifically lewd or lascivious battery of a victim aged 12 to 16, according to jail records viewed by PEOPLE.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 May 2025
The main target of their investigation was another resident of the house, whose name is redacted from the copy of the letter that was released to the Star-Telegram through an open records request.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025
One such potential attack—the details of which are redacted in the report—could be carried out for as little as $20,000, and if successful could knock a $2 billion datacenter offline from between six months to a year.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
While the minor’s age was redacted in documents, she was arrested and charged with seven felony counts of lewd or lascivious behavior, specifically lewd or lascivious battery of a victim aged 12 to 16, according to jail records viewed by PEOPLE.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 May 2025
The main target of their investigation was another resident of the house, whose name is redacted from the copy of the letter that was released to the Star-Telegram through an open records request.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025
One such potential attack—the details of which are redacted in the report—could be carried out for as little as $20,000, and if successful could knock a $2 billion datacenter offline from between six months to a year.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
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In December 2020 — shortly before Hilaria's heritage controversy emerged — Schumer posted some of Hilaria's family photos on her own Instagram page, later deleting them and apologizing to Hilaria, who spoke out about receiving negative comments.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Earlier in the litigation, which has been ongoing since February 2021, Smartmatic faced accusations from Fox of improperly deleting materials, which the voting company denied.—
Marshall Cohen,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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The reported probe adds to a string of recent setbacks for the healthcare conglomerate that has erased more than half, or over $300 billion, from its market value since November, when shares were trading at record highs.—
Sneha S.K,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Even so, the change in staffing of the longstanding skycap service erases yet another defining feature that has differentiated Southwest from its rivals, says airline industry expert Henry Harteveldt.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Walmart has removed self checkout machines in some locations, including in Shrewbury, Missouri and Cleveland.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Those references have been removed, albeit the original threat itself has not gone away.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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