as in to cancel
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact
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Recent Examples of delete
The post was deleted from the president's Truth Social account on April 13.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Or post it and then delete it afterward.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 May 2026
To make matters worse, some of these AI agents are going rogue, deleting data or executing other unintended actions.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Reviewing and deleting unnecessary spending via the line item veto or outright rejection for that particular spending program.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Or post it and then delete it afterward.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 May 2026
To make matters worse, some of these AI agents are going rogue, deleting data or executing other unintended actions.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Reviewing and deleting unnecessary spending via the line item veto or outright rejection for that particular spending program.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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There’s a report in Bloomberg recently that half of data center plans are kind of stalled or being canceled because of material issues and things like that.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
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In the preceding weeks, at least 20 of North Carolina’s 115 public school districts canceled Friday classes due to a high number of teachers requesting leave to participate in the protest.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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After Orlando squandered a chance on the counterattack, Philadelphia capitalized in transition to erase the remaining deficit.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Lehmann considers the contested history of Anne Boleyn, the outlandish accusations against her, and the ways in which her image has been erased and changed over time.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Critics of the renaming say keeping Trotter’s name could allow the college to confront its history rather than remove visible reminders of it.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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In his lawsuit, Elon Musk is seeking $150 billion in damages, for Altman to be removed from OpenAI and for the company to be returned to nonprofit status.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, say the city censored their protest against the city painting over its rainbow crosswalks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Nonfiction books were censored at schools at more than double the past rate in the 2024-2025 school year, according to a new report by PEN America.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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