REDACT Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

redact

verb

Definition of redact

as in to delete

to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.

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stet

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Recent Examples of redact More than 17 of the 26 pages provided were either blank or completely redacted, with large black boxes covering entire messages rather than specific pieces of sensitive information. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Footage of the interview with Leya was redacted due to state privacy laws, in part because she was interviewed inside their residence, unlike her boyfriend, who was interviewed outside. — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026 The initial call came from a person whose name and title were redacted. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 What's been released concerning the draft framework is heavily redacted . — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redact

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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
Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of delete

Verb

The full court reheard the case in January 2024, and in October 2024 ruled 9-8 that the NLRB had no power to order the tweet removed, citing the First Amendment.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, according to a USFWS spokesperson, around 30 million lbs of invasive carp are removed from Midwestern waters each year.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

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