redacted

adjective

re·​dact·​ed ri-ˈdak-təd How to pronounce redacted (audio)
: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information
a highly redacted copy of the file
The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.Scott Horton

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In 2018, Tennessee provided a redacted version of its execution protocol to journalists. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday before Circuit Judge Alberto Milian, but that was rescheduled to Tuesday morning because the prosecution did not provide all redacted discovery to the defense. Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 The judge overruled the hearsay objection and allowed the redacted email to be introduced. Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024 The system should also consider the user's query intent and ensure that the redacted response addresses their request. Vinay Goel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redacted 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of redacted was in 1967

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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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