redacting

verb

present participle of redact
as in deleting
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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Recent Examples of redacting The trial court will need to decide whether the university was legally justified in concealing and redacting certain documents and whether Abraham qualifies for attorneys' fees. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state housing agency that persuaded lawmakers to create the records exemption in 1997, cited the law in redacting major sections of developers’ cost reports that ProPublica requested in May. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2026 Flock would begin redacting those details so that agencies could see only the identities of their own officers. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 If Benton victimized someone in his office, their right to privacy can be protected by redacting their identity. — Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Heuer’s attorney, Erick Kaardal, argued that privacy concerns could be balanced with the public’s right to access government records by redacting identifying or sensitive information on the forms. — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 In addition to the names that were allegedly improperly redacted from the files and documents that were withheld, the DOJ also came under fire for not redacting some victim information, while seemingly protecting the names of Epstein associates. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The department has faced criticism for not redacting the names of some victims as required when the files were released, and for withholding many documents. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Advertisement The department has also drawn criticism for redacting the names of some high-profile individuals who appeared to be associated with Epstein from the files while failing to obscure potentially identifying information about victims. — Connor Greene, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redacting
  1. deleting
  2. erasing
  3. removing
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  • Before any big step, like sending a payment or deleting something, Claude Duet messages you for approval.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Her concern stems from the claim by the powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, who first said the voter revision would be aimed at detecting, deleting and deporting infiltrators.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of deleting
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  • Cincinnati kept pouring it on after erasing the 13-0 deficit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In the bottom of the sixth, Sal Frelick led off the inning with a lefty-on-lefty solo homer off Ian Seymour in a nine-pitch at-bat, completely erasing the deficit.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric scored the club's 1,000th Bundesliga goal, and Alexander Prass was sent off after removing his shirt to celebrate his goal while already booked.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The takeaway here is that removing debris from orbit requires careful planning.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of removing

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“Redacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redacting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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