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
Photos of Andrew with women One photo in the cache of millions of files shows a man who appears to be Andrew laying across the laps of several women, whose faces have been redacted, with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell standing in the background.
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Another correspondent, whose name was also redacted, sought Epstein’s help paying for an education at Sotheby's Institute of Art New York, a for-profit college, in 2019.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
While some names and sections are redacted in versions released by the DOJ, the publicly available memos do not allege that Wexner committed any crimes.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The email sender’s name was redacted by the Justice Department and later requested by New Mexico authorities.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Another correspondent, whose name was also redacted, sought Epstein’s help paying for an education at Sotheby's Institute of Art New York, a for-profit college, in 2019.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
While some names and sections are redacted in versions released by the DOJ, the publicly available memos do not allege that Wexner committed any crimes.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The email sender’s name was redacted by the Justice Department and later requested by New Mexico authorities.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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The post was deleted after her release.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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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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Another White 3-pointer — his fourth of the half — erased the Suns’ double-digit lead.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Smartphone makers have over the years gradually infused software with more AI tools—like the ability to search for something just by circling it on screen or erasing unwanted objects from photos.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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But generally, operations in which a cartel boss is removed lead to more violence and fragmentation of criminal groups.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Located up a hillside in Rutherford, the hotel is slightly removed from the action, but that's part of the charm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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