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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
Aubrey Plaza appears to have deleted her Instagram account following the death of her late husband, Jeff Baena.
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Hostin’s departure comes about two years after her fellow co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, deleted her account due to Musk’s takeover.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
The actress filed for divorce seven weeks after celebrating their wedding anniversary in a post on Instagram that was later deleted.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
On the free version of Slack, data older than a year is automatically deleted.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Hostin’s departure comes about two years after her fellow co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, deleted her account due to Musk’s takeover.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
The actress filed for divorce seven weeks after celebrating their wedding anniversary in a post on Instagram that was later deleted.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
On the free version of Slack, data older than a year is automatically deleted.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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Airlines ultimately decide to delay or cancel flights, not airports.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2025
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Also, an activation event promoting Meta Quest with an appearance by Jane Fonda promoting her new VR fitness series in West Hollywood has been canceled.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2025
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The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Nearby Altadena, a historically largely Black neighborhood, has essentially been erased from the map.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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With a strike removed from the equation, at least in the short term, those extra costs won’t be implemented.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
9 Jan. 2025
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Campbell Puckett, known online as Pookie, began the new year by getting surgery to remove pre-cancer.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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During the interview, Lopez dropped an expletive that the show censored on the air while the star gave a passionate explanation about self-funding the project.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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But, in a twist, that opinion held that blocking China from potentially being able to censor Americans' speech was upholding the spirit of the First Amendment.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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