delete
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At university Jazmin decided to delete her social media accounts entirely.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Frequently review and delete the AI’s financial memories.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Downing Street has confirmed that the prime minister uses an auto delete function on his phone meaning his WhatsApp messages with and about Lord Mandelson may have been lost.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
He was supposed to delete everything he found about himself.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
OpenAI automatically deletes temporary conversations from servers within 30 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
Sony has pulled similar moves before: in 2023, the company deleted over 1,000 seasons of Discovery TV shows customers had purchased due to content licensing arrangements.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
The CEO of movie theater chain AMC, Adam Aron, posted -- and then deleted -- a lengthy account of the proceedings on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Flock’s default setting is 30 days; after that, photos are deleted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
All but three of the violations were eventually deleted after the company contested them and an administrative judge made a ruling on the matter, agency records state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“And the files get deleted after a few days. I went ahead and deleted this one early. There was only one person who pulled it before me.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Now he’s gone dark, deleting his X.com account after exchanging volleys with a radio reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He was later given a second final warning for deleting his search history.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
"After deleting Mitch, we examined, every few hours, the effect that had on more than 100 substances taking part in metabolism in human cells," Chourasia explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
On Wednesday night, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported being told that “the aerial image of the crowds from last week’s his rally enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them.”
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I think about deleting the line, but then she writes back.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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