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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Alex also repeatedly asked one of the man to delete the video, and when he started running away, she took off her heels and chased after him.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Takahashi, however, said TikTok was "no longer obliged to delete" the videos in question because the anonymous user behind them had taken them down several months after the lawsuit began.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Please delete this,” she urged French on X. “This post breaks my heart. I see college kids cheering on their football team. I see Texans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Fortunately for Jefferson, the leadership of the Kentucky legislature decided to delete the sections of his draft endorsing nullification, presumably because such open defiance of federal law seemed excessive and unnecessarily risky.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

When a foreign company transfers funds, the U.S. clearing bank effectively deletes dollars from the foreign company’s account and adds them to the other party’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

He said he deletes the entries of ICE agents who have quit.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

The BBC has written to Perplexity, which is based in the US, demanding it immediately stops using BBC content, deletes any it holds, and proposes financial compensation for the material it has already used.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Ben deletes, retypes: What are the differences between America's far past and its recent past?

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

When the researchers deleted MTCH2, far fewer cells successfully developed into mature fat cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

But, within a few hours, he deleted his post and the crypto nosedived in value, losing investors most of their money.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

It then deleted its social media accounts and website.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Multiple data points are showing that Muslims have become the most deleted people," institute's director Sabir Ahamed told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Diego sent me a couple of texts, left some messages, but I deleted them unanswered and unread.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

He then sent the copied images back to his personal device before deleting them from his work phone.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Agents typically know to ask permission before doing major things like making purchases or deleting files, but other than that, they can have free rein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A former governor was arrested in August, on accusations of deleting the security videos of the scene of the crime in Iguala.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The lawsuit claims that the Education Department gave servicers instructions, known as a change request, on how to process these group loan discharges, including deleting credit trade lines.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

“You don’t even know. Yesterday Ainyr spent two hours deleting all the photos of him off her phone. Two hours! You know how many photos that is? They only went out a week!”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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