How to Use deletion in a Sentence

deletion

noun

• First, account deletion is a protest at both companies and their abuse of data.
  — Nicole Kobie, Teen Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
• Well, Woods's explanation for the deletion was a stretch, in the literal sense.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2018
• The post-deletion genome was completed in 2013, but the full germline genome took until this week to complete.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2018
• Partial deletions occur when part of a larger site is cleaned up, but work remains to be completed on other sections.
  — Time, 5 Jan. 2018
• Seth was diagnosed at a young age with a rare chromosome deletion which has led to severe health complications.
  — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2018
• Its director warns that social-media firms are defaulting to deletion in cases of doubt, to control costs.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
• YouTube's response was not initially met kindly by people on social media, with many again calling for the deletion of Logan's channel.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 11 Jan. 2018
• Your location and YouTube history can be deleted from the same starting point, which offers the same three automatic deletion options for both.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• So, maybe her friend is to blame for the pic's deletion?
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 21 Sep. 2018
• One of the most striking deletions altered an off switch in the human genome.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• As a handy starting point, Justdelete.me has a list of links that point to the deletion pages of everything from Gumtree to Vimeo.
  — Matt Burgess, Wired, 3 Jan. 2022
• My favorite Porsche option is the deletion of the rear badge, which costs nothing!
  — Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2021
• About the only real compromise here is the deletion of the rear seats.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2023
• Some took screenshots of the tweet before its deletion.
  — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2018
• The deletion of those podcasts with the N-word proves the distinction doesn’t matter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• Before you do a phone cleanse, open the app and find that account-deletion option.
  — Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
• The report also makes no mention of Mueller playing any role in the deletion of texts.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 26 June 2019
• The office didn’t name the other officers accused of agreeing to lie about the deletion of the video.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• The company has said the deletions were not made in response to Miller’s legal claim.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• Facebook, on the other hand, chose to haggle with the White House, asking for a deletion or a change, said the people.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 28 June 2020
• Rose told Ars he's seen small blips in wishlist deletions in the past, but nothing like the nearly 100-fold increase of the last few days.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 27 June 2019
• The deletion process is expected to wrap up later this year.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• Owens at first suggested the deletion of the episodes was a mistake or the result of a website update.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2021
• The most notable change to the Mirage for the 2023 model year is the deletion of the five-speed manual transmission.
  — Warren Clarke, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
• On the moon, there’s been little deletion of the geologic record.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2019
• Check out my story on Drive’s deletion bug here for more details.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Artists who have tried to use Meta’s data deletion request form have learned this the hard way and have been deeply frustrated with the process.
  — WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023
• Users are able to delete a post after sharing, but just one deletion is allowed per day.
  — Wired, 26 July 2022
• The male-tolerant strain has a deletion that cuts off part of this unknown region.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 May 2018
• The findings highlight how the companies compile and store troves of info on both users and non-users, with some failing to comply with deletion requests, the FTC said.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024