as in deletes
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 redacts
That’s helped set Waymo apart from its much smaller autonomous-vehicle rival, Tesla’s Robotaxi service, which redacts the most informative parts of its safety data and ignores press queries.
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Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment.
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Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in.
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Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment.
—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in.
—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.
—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redacts
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Codify a rule stating that when an issuer deletes or consolidates a narrative risk factor to make room for precise financial mapping, that cleanup cannot be introduced as evidence of a material omission.
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Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in cases where the data must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes.
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The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
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Custom silicon is a continuous program, not a single release that erases a hardware shortage overnight.
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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Peeling removes some of the vegetable's nutritional content like dietary fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C.
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“Redacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redacts. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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