as in cancelling
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
People posting, then immediately deleting things.
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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All these offices could be scaled back without canceling routes.Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Saks Fifth Avenue is canceling its annual flagship-store holiday light show.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The response comes amid allegations that the institution was caving to Chinese pressure by erasing Tibetan cultural denominations.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Shares of Tesla climbed 32% in the third quarter, erasing their loss for the year in the process.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
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The best scalp scrubs help deep-clean your scalp by removing dead skin cells, excess oil, and product buildup.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
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In 1913, after Lane had been removing his patients’ colons for five years, a panel of the Royal Society of Medicine was finally convened to interrogate the wisdom of resorting to surgery to combat chronic constipation.Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Deleting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deleting. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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