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Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Many of the pages had been previously disclosed, but with redactions.
—Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
Many if not most of those pages had been previously disclosed, but with redactions that had been whittled down by various reviews and public declassifications over the years, including by the Biden administration.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Redaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redaction. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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