How to Use redaction in a Sentence

redaction

noun
  • There were a lot of redactions.
    — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Most of their redactions and their claims of exemption are made up.
    — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2018
  • The redactions might get lifted over time as part of the legal process.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Well, first of all, the redactions were excessive.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • And the only question is whether there will be redactions on the photo.
    — NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Yearick did not provide a reason for the redactions, as required by law.
    — Nick Ochsner and Wbtv Eporter, charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • But the videos went through a redaction process, Gwinn-Villaroel said.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Show us all the files with only the necessary redactions!
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Show us all the files with only the necessary redactions!
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Show us all the files with only the necessary redactions!
    — Anna Commander gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • There are redactions all over, obscuring the names of those involved.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But many documents contain redactions—or black marks—in key places.
    — David Kravets, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2014
  • Lawmakers have questioned redactions that left many names and pages blacked out.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But no redactions of clients, enablers, and see-no-evil associates.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a perverse wanting to know what’s behind the redaction.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2024
  • Perry gave lawyers until June 5 to agree on redactions.
    — Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • 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
  • More than 150 pages were published in the latest batch, with redactions.
    — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Bisig said Thursday that the order had been made public with redaction.
    — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The law allows for redactions to protect victims.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Much of what had not yet been seen by the public was the result of redactions that were removed in the new release.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The redactions are also spotty.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Use-of-force policy redactions in this day and age, that’s archaic.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Reporters have reviewed what has been released and noted the redactions.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Many of the pages had been previously disclosed, but with redactions.
    — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In many cases, more than one reason underlies the redaction of a portion of the record.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Given that the complaint had redactions, the amount and what the commissions were for is unclear.
    — Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Even the redactions were haphazard, with some names still visible.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

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