delete
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As I’ve written about before, I’m not one to delete my digital communications or files: I like having it all at my fingertips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Bass campaign trumpeted the results, which had been reported in several local news outlets, but it had to delete the social-media post after Median Strategies acknowledged the poll was a sham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The case emerges after Donaghy was on Wednesday convicted of two charges connected to deleting or attempting to delete an email to prevent disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Got to write the sentence and delete it.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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
When he arrives home, he stops the stream and deletes the pre-recorded file.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
He said he deletes the entries of ICE agents who have quit.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Ben deletes, retypes: What are the differences between America's far past and its recent past?
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
When researchers completely deleted PRX3 from mesothelioma tumor cell lines, mitochondrial function declined, cell growth slowed sharply, and the cancer cells could no longer form tumors in animal experiments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
When I deleted the app, I felt a wave of relief.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
After seeing a stream of comments interpreting it as mocking the security forces, she deleted it quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The ad was posted on Friday and deleted hours later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Then deleted all the apps from his phone.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
A former chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Council has been convicted of two charges connected to deleting or attempting to delete an email to prevent disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Now he’s gone dark, deleting his X.com account after exchanging volleys with a radio reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"We discovered that deleting Mitch led to a major drop in fats in membranes," Gross 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
He wrote for a long time, and I imagined him typing and deleting, typing and deleting.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing delete
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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