How to Use redaction in a Sentence

redaction

noun
  • Yet WikiLeaks’ spotty approach to redaction drew warnings from government officials.
    Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • But consult the redaction of oral law in the Mishnah (ca.
    Dominic Green, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But the videos went through a redaction process, Gwinn-Villaroel said.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Fox’s lawyers had produced the text as part of the discovery process and were involved in the redactions.
    Jeremy W. Peters, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Most of their redactions and their claims of exemption are made up.
    Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2018
  • More than 150 pages were published in the latest batch, with redactions.
    Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Wachs denied the request for redaction on those points.
    Brian Witte, ajc, 10 June 2021
  • Yearick did not provide a reason for the redactions, as required by law.
    Nick Ochsner and Wbtv Eporter, charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Some of the filings were made under seal so the public cannot see them or have redactions at the request of parties in the case.
    Washington Post, 19 July 2019
  • There’s a perverse wanting to know what’s behind the redaction.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2024
  • The city released nearly 2,500 pages of those emails last Friday as staff worked to complete redactions on the rest.
    Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
  • In many cases, more than one reason underlies the redaction of a portion of the record.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • O’Hara has a copy of that critical report, but it is filled with redactions.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • A hearing on the redaction issue is scheduled for April 17.
    Paresh Dave, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2017
  • Arey said any public report on the findings of those types of records may have to include redactions.
    Neal Earley, arkansasonline.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Bisig said Thursday that the order had been made public with redaction.
    Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Amusingly, the redactions to the memo are not all effective.
    Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The court wants the redaction process to be completed by Aug. 8, when the 900-page report is expected to be made public.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • Dr. Luke wants her to sit down with his lawyers to discuss the communications and hand over a copy without the redactions.
    Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 31 July 2017
  • The White House reviewed the document and said it could be made public without any redactions.
    Billy House, Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The New York Times is challenging the legality of those redactions in court.
    Katie Robertson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In its brief opposing the unsealing of the redactions, Fox News deplores the volume.
    Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The Oregonian/OregonLive appealed the redaction of the names.
    Molly Young, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
  • Reporters have reviewed what has been released and noted the redactions.
    Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Use-of-force policy redactions in this day and age, that’s archaic.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The Globe found 96 complaints against 83 officers with such redactions.
    Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But many documents contain redactions—or black marks—in key places.
    David Kravets, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2014
  • Finally, the many redactions indicate that there’s still a whole lot going on behind the scenes that Mueller doesn’t yet want the public to know about.
    Andrew Prokop, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • But the redaction of so many names from thousands of police reports and records is a monumental task for police and courts.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • Paper copies without redactions, Foster said, can still be requested in person.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2024

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