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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
Washington Square News reported that NYU College Republicans deleted social media posts that promoted the event on Wednesday evening.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Kanye West's remark about Taylor Swift went viral prior to the rapper deleting it from his social media.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
After refusing to allow authorities to search his phone, Durham bought another phone two days later and destroyed his old one, while also deleting about 37 gigabytes of data in his Dropbox account, prosecutors said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
However, the post seems to have since been deleted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Kanye West's remark about Taylor Swift went viral prior to the rapper deleting it from his social media.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
After refusing to allow authorities to search his phone, Durham bought another phone two days later and destroyed his old one, while also deleting about 37 gigabytes of data in his Dropbox account, prosecutors said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
However, the post seems to have since been deleted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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The Titans recently cancelled pre-draft workouts with Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders, all but guaranteeing that Ward is the pick here.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Several offshore wind farms planned along the Northeast were canceled in recent years as costs rose due to inflation and supply chain problems during the pandemic.—
Erin Baker,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the Yankees made two errors in the game, a pickoff play between Fried and Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second base erased a two-base mistake from Oswaldo Cabrera in the fourth.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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However, after this portion’s absence from the livestream was noted by NME, the group noted that this instance wasn’t the only part of their set that was removed from the broadcast.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Apr. 2025
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Quantum internet removes that risk by ensuring only the sender and receiver can read a message, so not even the hosting platform can access it.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The government cannot censor speech that is false but does not lead to a specific, identifiable harm.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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For all its bravado about withstanding the American tariffs, China was also censoring criticisms of its own move to impose retaliatory tariffs.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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