REDACTS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

redacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of redact

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 The lawsuit redacts all names listed throughout the filing, but titles make clear who is being referred to. — Ben Wheeler august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026 But the report is unlikely to be made public until the end of the month, since state law gives Benton time to respond to the inspector general’s findings and the commission redacts personal information out of privacy concerns. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 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. — 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

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Blaming Ultron for Fiona’s death, Vision deletes his art and possessions.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Rear visibility is comes exclusively via a camera projecting onto a digital mirror – because the car completely deletes the rear window.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deletes

Verb

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated a way to control how an experimental electronic device forms and erases memory, using electrical currents to change the behavior of a material called vanadium dioxide.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … OPINION ELI STEELE — NYC ICE shooting exposes how White Guilt erases personal responsibility.

— , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of erases

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Sunday says the victims should feel satisfied that this plea removes the possibility that Vereb could be found not guilty by a jury.

— Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The Internet Archive removes recordings from the site when musicians ask, but hasn’t sought advance permission to share the music online.

— Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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