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 attorney general’s office had previously filed the evidence with the court in February, but the document was highly redacted from public view.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Their identities are redacted from the asylum application and the family's immigration attorney, Alicia Chen, asked for their names to be withheld to protect the family.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
The Southtown made several attempts to identify and contact the man, including reaching out to immigration advocates, attorneys and searching court records, but the man’s name was redacted from public records.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Most police records are private under state law, and when they are used in legal cases the files tend to be significantly redacted.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Their identities are redacted from the asylum application and the family's immigration attorney, Alicia Chen, asked for their names to be withheld to protect the family.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
The Southtown made several attempts to identify and contact the man, including reaching out to immigration advocates, attorneys and searching court records, but the man’s name was redacted from public records.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Most police records are private under state law, and when they are used in legal cases the files tend to be significantly redacted.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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James Comey deleted the post the same day.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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In Mathurapur village, 243 of its 800 voters have been deleted from the voting list, according to a local booth official.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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But Brent later erased much of that drop and briefly topped $102, which in turn sent stocks lower on Wall Street.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Satellite imagery reveals that in the weeks following the attack on the Abu Naser family building, more Israeli bombing nearly erased the rest of the neighborhood.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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IndyCar removed a Freedom 250 Grand Prix T-shirt from the shopping section of its official website Wednesday in the wake of criticism that the product’s messaging was tone deaf and open to a racist interpretation.—
Curt Anderson,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Prior to this conversation, Carmy secretly removed his name from the restaurant's partnership agreement.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redacted. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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