deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən 
dē-
Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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Exterior changes are mostly limited to the deletion of the lower pair of lights at the front, with all bulbs now housed in the main circular units.
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
My trans colleagues, however, seem to face account deletions and scammers more than anyone in the adult industry.
—Cherie Deville, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
More importantly, developers will also inevitably leave a paper trail of credentials, application programming interface tokens and passkeys embedded in their code, which can remain exposed for years, even after deletion.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The company soon began its first large wave of email deletions, removing more than 4 million messages from its archive, according to Murdoch lawyers.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
My trans colleagues, however, seem to face account deletions and scammers more than anyone in the adult industry.
—Cherie Deville, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
More importantly, developers will also inevitably leave a paper trail of credentials, application programming interface tokens and passkeys embedded in their code, which can remain exposed for years, even after deletion.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The company soon began its first large wave of email deletions, removing more than 4 million messages from its archive, according to Murdoch lawyers.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
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deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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