deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən 
dē-
Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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The deletion of a single DNA base (an adenine) shifts the frame of the three-sequence protein code for the rest of EspW.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
The documents alleged that, while the company was being investigated, Lewis had approved a plan that resulted in the deletion of millions of e-mails from News International’s servers.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Tactics are changing as well, with some threat actors moving to the deletion of data as part of their normal operations, Brandon Williams, chief technology officer at Conversant Group, has warned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
These outages are often caused by issues such as software bugs, hardware failures, misconfigured server settings, and even human mistakes like accidental data deletions.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
The documents alleged that, while the company was being investigated, Lewis had approved a plan that resulted in the deletion of millions of e-mails from News International’s servers.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Tactics are changing as well, with some threat actors moving to the deletion of data as part of their normal operations, Brandon Williams, chief technology officer at Conversant Group, has warned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
These outages are often caused by issues such as software bugs, hardware failures, misconfigured server settings, and even human mistakes like accidental data deletions.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deletion
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deletion. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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