as in deleting
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed
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deleting
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Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Paying monthly for storage from iCloud+ or Google gets old fast, and so does going through your camera roll and deleting photos to temporarily make space.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Editing (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/editing%20%28out%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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