deleting

verb

present participle of delete
as in canceling
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact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 deleting Talk about meeting The Challenge — the latest challenge to the Swedish version of the popular reality-TV show has met its match by way of an apparent AI agent, which is being blamed for deleting its entire new season. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 Jarvis sacrifices himself to stabilize Vision’s mind, deleting his code and shifting his processing power to the other AIs to keep them functional. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 A week earlier, an independent journalist, Michael Tracey, published her name on social media, before deleting the post. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026 During the trial, jurors heard about efforts to conceal the affair, including discussions about deleting communications and replacing phones. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Adding, deleting, and moving multiple devices is still deeply painful, and the app experience is Alexa’s biggest flaw. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 Bryant advised Van Rootselaar about how to keep her plot a secret by deleting online messages and using virtual private networks, officials said. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Finally, under Performance, the photo cleaner offered to free up storage space by deleting duplicate photos and photos that, while not exact duplicates, are very similar. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Fox News host Sean Hannity also took to X to crow about the moment, before also deleting his post. — Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deleting
  1. canceling
  2. erasing
  3. removing
  4. censoring
Verb
  • Organizers have held discussions around allowing overseas executives to participate virtually, Reuters reported last week, and The Wall Street Journal said that some executives are already canceling meetings.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Mission Control faced the prospect of aborting the landing, but Margaret's ingenious programming allowed the system to prioritize essential tasks while canceling the inessential ones.
    — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of canceling
Verb
  • Wallace was flagged for pass interference against Denver, erasing an interception.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Kospi, heavily weighted in chipmaker titans Samsung and SK Hynix, closed at a six-month low, erasing all of its gains since April.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • Doctors then discussed removing his tongue, according to Rockett.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The 71-year-old first American pope was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday with doctors removing a nodule that was determined to be pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • Equal-time rule doesn’t apply, group says The equal-time rule prohibits broadcast stations from censoring or rejecting political ads paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier in the week, Kraft allegedly led a pressure campaign to force the Seattle rapper off Ed Sheeran’s The Loop Tour, igniting a firestorm of backlash from artists and fans accusing Kraft of censoring Macklemore’s free speech.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of censoring

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“Deleting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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