How to Use delete in a Sentence

delete

verb
Definition of deletenext
Synonyms for deletenext
  • Delete this name from the list.
  • When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
  • The page owners have since deleted all posts and removed their location.
    — Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 1 Nov. 2024
  • People can delete selfie-sticks, photo bombers or even your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend from the picture.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But recently one flew into my inbox with a headline that begged me not to just immediately delete it.
    — oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The stakes for feeling in control of our data, and confident in our ability to delete it, have arguably never been higher.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Ring wouldn’t delete those records without deactivating the entire account.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Several left-wing influencers pleaded with their Twitter followers to stay on the service and not delete their accounts.
    — Ryan Mac, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • An 0-2 start with losses to two quarterbacks who were backups last season has prompted Burrow to delete his social media and lock in on football.
    — Russ Joy | Xl Media, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
  • LinkedIn has faced some fake accounts on the platform, but the company is stepping up its efforts to delete them, CNN reported last week.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Dan Held, the former head of growth marketing for crypto exchange Kraken and a Bitcoin fan, argued users should delete their account with the payment services provider.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Crispr gene editing, which is being explored as a way to treat diseases in people, and to improve plants and animals bred for human consumption, can delete chunks of DNA.
    — WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This is a scam, delete him and never talk to him again.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • When the team deleted the genes that encode key parts of the tailocin, the killing went away.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
  • Rap sites like No Jumper and Say Cheese get to delete the tweet and move on to the next hip-hop drama.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • How to remove apps from your iPhone Want to delete an app from your iPhone?
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • To delete a video, click the three dots next to it, then choose Remove from downloads.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The tweet has since been deleted, but it is archived online.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But what if someone wants to delete all of their screenshots in one go?
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
  • As part of the decision, Sleiman was to delete the nine videos cited.
    — Brooke Schultz, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • By the following week, the song was deleted from Might Delete.
    — Shaheem Reid, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
  • Singer Doja Cat seemed to mock the line in a TikTok that has since been deleted.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • On Androids, use the Google Photos app to select the photos to delete.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Remove the crowd, delete the scenery, erase the server with the biggest smile this side of Julia Roberts.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Can someone just tell you whether to delete TikTok or not?
    — Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • My favorite scene to film is not on the show because it got deleted.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 July 2024
  • The post was up for about 40 minutes before it was deleted.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
  • He’s been booed at races and trolled on social media, leading him to delete the apps from his phone.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The statement was posted by his office on X but has since been deleted.
    — Atika Shubert, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Roberts allegedly videotaped the crime, but deleted the video when police arrived, then fled the area.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024

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