Thesaurus results for STROKE OUT

stroke (out)

verb

Definition of stroke (out)

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it if you make a mistake on the form, just stroke it out

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Yoti estimates whether the user meets Instagram’s age minimum, and shares only that result with Instagram, after which both companies delete the facial data.

— Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
Jonathan Thomas kept deleting text messages from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, assuming the couple's digital wedding invitation was spam.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 18 July 2026

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With trips canceled and his shop in Ely low on traffic, his roughly 60 employees, many of them seasonal, are out of work.

— Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
Some investors fear that if viewership is down, subscribers could cancel the service, which would negatively affect the platform’s growing advertising business.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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