as in deletes
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
x out the names of the people who have already left
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deletes
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BuzzFeed deletes the post and makes an attempt at an apology that gets deleted quickly.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025 -
The dangling bucket attack, the Google engineers explained, is made possible when a user deletes a storage bucket but, for whatever reason, references to it remain in everything from application code and apps to public documentation.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“X's (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/x%27s%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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