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
Oh, come on, Alex, who among us hasn’t locked a [redacted] in a [redacted] in the middle of a [redacted]?
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Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
When the Justice Department began to release millions of files earlier this year, Bondi and other officials faced criticism for failing to redact some Epstein survivors' identities.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
However, the evidence was slowly released in stages, with some documents heavily redacted.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The cease-and-desist letter came after a report from The Washington Post over the weekend that Patel had dispatched agents to review and redact the files in a potential move to ready them for a public release.
—Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026
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Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
When the Justice Department began to release millions of files earlier this year, Bondi and other officials faced criticism for failing to redact some Epstein survivors' identities.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
However, the evidence was slowly released in stages, with some documents heavily redacted.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The cease-and-desist letter came after a report from The Washington Post over the weekend that Patel had dispatched agents to review and redact the files in a potential move to ready them for a public release.
—Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redact
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But many users deleted the ChatGPT app.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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When left alone in the interrogation room, a camera captured Marsha Allen deleting texts from her cell phone.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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After Jake Cronenworth walked to start the sixth and was erased on Ramón Laureano’s fielder’s choice grounder, Tatis grounded a single through the left side to give the Padres runners at first and second.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Those charges were ultimately dropped and were supposed to be erased from public disclosure, the lawsuit said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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The committee ultimately amended the bill to remove vehicular homicide as a crime of violence.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Kansas City police chief and former FBI agent Lear Reed was on a campaign to clean up the police force and remove the lingering influences of Pendergast.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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