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
The other defendants' names are redacted.
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Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 19 May 2026
The district redacted the names of employees interviewed in the document.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
The victim’s timeline is redacted after the date of her complaint.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
The name of the person who woke him up was redacted.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 19 May 2026
The district redacted the names of employees interviewed in the document.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
The victim’s timeline is redacted after the date of her complaint.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
The name of the person who woke him up was redacted.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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This isn’t ideal, as Cassie has just deleted her OnlyFans and Nate’s loan sharks are circling, smelling blood in the water.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Because the messages were deleted, investigators could only retrieve the dates and times, but not the messages' content.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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No warning, no opt-out, no qualifications The undocumented changes also included code to conceal the instruction and its results by adding ANSI escapes that erased the PI when human reviewers use the TTY command to monitor activity on interactive terminals.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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Years of screen time and digital overload have not erased that need.—
Alana Sandel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Jansen glanced toward the dugout after the walk, and Hinch removed him from the game.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The builder also removed its original plan to send traffic into a neighboring development and will donate two wells to the neighboring English Hills subdivision.—
Joe Marusak
May 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redacted. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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