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 a pair of redacted motions regarding the evidence, Bicka Barlow, a defense attorney who specializes in attacking DNA evidence, argued that because testing of the samples came back inconclusive, focusing on them could mislead the jury. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025 Although most of the records have been released, many of them are redacted, fueling conspiracy theories about the circumstances surrounding Kennedy's assassination and the government's investigation into it. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Only several thousand documents remained redacted, and as few as 50 withheld in full, according to past statements from the archives. Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025 The identities of the four witnesses remained redacted from the documents sent to The Bee this month. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for redacted

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First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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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 18 Apr. 2025.

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