redacted
adjective
re·dact·ed
ri-ˈdak-təd 
: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information
a highly redacted copy of the file
The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.—
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to the four felony counts against him in his federal election interference case, which ramped up this week after Special Counsel Jack Smith’ set of new allegations against the former president were released in a redacted filing.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Many of the individual files remain redacted, however.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
The judge gave the former president's lawyers time to oppose the decision before enforcing the order to release the redacted appendix.
—Lauren Floyd, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
The release of the redacted appendix, which was an attachment to the immunity motion unsealed two weeks ago by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that included new details about Trump and his allies' actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, is currently scheduled for Thursday.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Many of the individual files remain redacted, however.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
The judge gave the former president's lawyers time to oppose the decision before enforcing the order to release the redacted appendix.
—Lauren Floyd, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
The release of the redacted appendix, which was an attachment to the immunity motion unsealed two weeks ago by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that included new details about Trump and his allies' actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, is currently scheduled for Thursday.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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