as in to cancel
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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 delete
It has since been deleted, but an archived version is still available.
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Irene Nasser, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Another post, now deleted, claimed a bake sale at a Delaware polling place was intended to sway votes, a potential violation of election law.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment but has not been able to contact Meyer, who has deleted all of his social media accounts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Concerns about hacking sparked false claims from conservative pundits that voting machines deleted Trump votes and changed them to President Joe Biden.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Irene Nasser, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Another post, now deleted, claimed a bake sale at a Delaware polling place was intended to sway votes, a potential violation of election law.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment but has not been able to contact Meyer, who has deleted all of his social media accounts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Concerns about hacking sparked false claims from conservative pundits that voting machines deleted Trump votes and changed them to President Joe Biden.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sadly, politically mixed families have canceled or cut short their Thanksgiving dinners in recent years after contentious elections.Michael Morris, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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Michael Levin, 'Ryan's Hope' Soap Opera Star, Dead at 90 Gallagher stayed with the show until it was canceled in 1989 and won three Daytime Emmys for her role.Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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And what a loss that would be, erasing the splashes of yellow and orange every fall and silencing the quaking of the leaves.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
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Compared to its March peak of $123, the price has plunged over 85%, erasing over $55 billion in value.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Next week: Mesa Ridge at Montrose, TBA No. 3 Pueblo West beat No. 19 Golden, 49-7: Two weeks removed from their first loss of the season, the Cyclones ended a streak of three straight Round of 16 exits with a rout of Golden.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Teams had to shore up the structure in the efforts to reach him and he wasn't removed until a little after midnight, O’Neill said.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In a perfect world, there would be some logic to getting rid of the equal-time rule, and, quite frankly, the same FCC regulations that force networks to censor four-letter words that are ubiquitous on virtually every other form of media.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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For Chris Hill, who runs operations for a commercial bathroom remodeling firm in nearby Mechanicsburg, Musk is taking a stand against cosmopolitan elites who want to censor his language and suppress his political views.Eric Cortellessa / Lancaster, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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