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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Conversation data may remain in cloud storage until a user deletes it and may also inform Memories stored in the cloud.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
That court filing said that TikTok has hundreds of personnel trained in underage moderation and as a result deletes tens of thousands of underage accounts.

— David Shepardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of deletes

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Nothing erases the toll of 12,000 steps quite like a 60-minute Herbal Bliss healing journey.

— DeMarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
To be sure, charitable bequests are also fully deductible against the estate tax, which means the destination (charity) is what erases Buffett’s tax liability.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of erases

Verb

The new approach removes the plug altogether by pairing two paper-thin nickel-titanium films that work in tandem.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
To prove to Miles that Sarah is telling the truth—that his work will lead to humanity’s near-annihilation—the T-800 removes the skin from his hand and forearm, revealing the cyber skeleton underneath.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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