as in deleted
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 redacted
His name is redacted in the affidavit.
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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
The rest of the sentence has been redacted.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 May 2026
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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
The rest of the sentence has been redacted.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 May 2026
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After the war, his goalscoring statistics were deleted and his achievements were discredited, with the Polish press labelling him as mentally unstable and an alcoholic.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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The tweet posted by Steyer’s campaign has since been deleted.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Its history, however, must not be erased.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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The device was one of two that had been removed from the garage of an apartment in Santa Monica after they were discovered by a tenant in July.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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These reversible connections can break under stress to absorb energy and then reform once the stress is removed.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redacted. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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