as in cancelled
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
After the incident, Cowling, Larsen and Cooper lied to law enforcement investigating the incident, deleted evidence on social media and told other fraternity members to delete evidence and not talk to anyone about what happened, according to prosecutors.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Have a great day and now u have been deleted.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Decide how these should be managed, preserved or deleted.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
The trio also deleted evidence on social media and instructed other fraternity members to also delete evidence and told them to not speak to anyone about the incident, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
The posts have since been deleted.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Google accounts that have not been signed into for at least two years will be deleted, along with the data stored by those account holders.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Davis has since deleted the post, but the havoc has been created.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Advertisement City officials acknowledged last week, in response to inquiries from The Times, that employees have long had the option of communicating with people, both internally and externally, through messages that are permanently auto-deleted after 24 hours.
—Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Have a great day and now u have been deleted.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Decide how these should be managed, preserved or deleted.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
The trio also deleted evidence on social media and instructed other fraternity members to also delete evidence and told them to not speak to anyone about the incident, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
The posts have since been deleted.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Google accounts that have not been signed into for at least two years will be deleted, along with the data stored by those account holders.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Davis has since deleted the post, but the havoc has been created.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Advertisement City officials acknowledged last week, in response to inquiries from The Times, that employees have long had the option of communicating with people, both internally and externally, through messages that are permanently auto-deleted after 24 hours.
—Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleted
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That order was canceled about an hour later, the Air Traffic Control Command Center said in an advisory.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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No American Airlines flights were canceled as a result of the stoppage.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The other database eschews page numbers all together, so there’s literally no way of knowing that the articles—which were once leading articles of the magazines in question—have been erased.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, entire issues of other Chinese legal and social science journals have been erased from databases.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
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Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Switching to Bournemouth removed Adams from the frenzy and bright lights that surround Leeds.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Bri censored out in the video what the flavor was, not wanting to further spoil the surprise.Victoria Edel, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Deleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleted. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.
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