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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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Mr. El-Sayed’s fig leaf seems to be proposing to delete that provision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Asked if she was the one to delete them, she replied: "Yes, I did. Kieran Hayler was asking to delete my messages."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

I tell Ms. Blinny, “But can you delete it?”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

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

Maybe Ms. Morales is just one of those people who deletes text messages right after she reads them, Emma told herself.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Bryan quickly deleted the screenshots, but LaPaglia responded with several posts of her own, including what she claimed was a message from Bryan’s manager detailing potential terms of an NDA.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Since then, some 130 million names have been deleted from final or preliminary electoral rolls, according to tallies from official data compiled by activists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The video went viral on X before it was deleted for violating platform rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The man subsequently deleted the image and the related application in an attempt to conceal his actions," the police statement said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I got my phone out of my pocket and began typing a text to send her, begging her to rescue me from Marcus, but I deleted it and put my phone away.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Rather, he said by deleting duplicated language in the charter, the rules will be easier to understand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Although the account itself is no longer viewable on the platform, the Tokyo District Court will rule on whether TikTok was responsible for deleting the posts.

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

A report from the UK's Centre for Long Term Resilience, external, published last week, identified hundreds of incidents of AI tools ignoring instructions, evading safeguards and deceiving humans, including AI agents deleting files without consent.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Finally, after almost thirty minutes of typing, deleting, and typing again, she came up with something that seemed reasonable.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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