deleted

verb

past tense of delete
as in canceled
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact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 deleted Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted. — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026 Matching records, including inferences, generally must be deleted unless an exception applies. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 But that claim is difficult to reconcile with the disproportionate representation of certain groups among those deleted from supplementary lists issued for some constituencies after an adjudication process. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 Ultimately, the person who created it was the one who deleted it, according to Fleming. — Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 The statements Canary described were also deleted, leaving a blank page. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026 Some congressional Democrats were incredulous, saying the email might simply have been deleted and that the firm’s analysis did not explain why or how someone might have manufactured the message. — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The announcement was flooded with critiques and the Mets’ post announcing the partnership on X was deleted and reposted multiple times. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 The post was quickly deleted, but Inaba saw it and commented on her own Instagram, thanking the media for alerting her to his remark. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleted
  1. canceled
  2. erased
  3. removed
  4. censored
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  • Trump canceled trade talks with Canada after the ad aired during the World Series in October 2025.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • While the match is scheduled to go ahead, a Steelers fan event in Paris was cancelled by the NFL.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of canceled
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  • After a scoreless first half, Murray scored his first 12 points during a 31-13 burst that erased a 15-point Jazz lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • With Thursday's decline, Meta has erased most of its post-Muse bounce.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of erased
Verb
  • And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • But on the television broadcast that aired on Saturday, Antonia’s T-shirt had been censored, appearing to be all white.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But unlike other Floridians of Cuban descent — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Valdes ended up defending Cuba’s socialist revolutionaries and officials who have killed, jailed, tortured, and censored numerous political enemies.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of censored

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“Deleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleted. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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