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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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Relatives and acquaintances called my parents, urging them to make me delete my videos or face the consequences.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

On June 15, Daniel Haido, an associate producer of “Fortitude,” dropped off an unencrypted copy of the movie for Netflix to view and instructed the staff to delete the files after the screening.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

He ordered Hanson to delete the tweet and pay Faruqi's legal costs.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Frequently review and delete the AI’s financial memories.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

I type and delete five different messages before I settle on something simple.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

I have lost count of the number of messages I have deleted and people I have blocked.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“I thought it was a fire,” she said, adding that she deleted it after learning that the smoke was the result of a Ukrainian strike.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The post was made Wednesday afternoon on X ahead of that night’s game between Reese’s Atlanta Dream and Bueckers’ Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, and deleted soon after.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

That means the researchers found roughly 19,000 locations where sections of DNA differed because they had been duplicated, deleted, or rearranged.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

“Anyway, the point is, even though Ashley deleted her history, I was able to see what she’d done on the computer.”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

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

In fact, a number of gains are to be had by deleting the backlight, starting with greater aero efficiency—critical, since the Polestar 4 is all-electric, and aero drag is the mortal enemy of range.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

I think about deleting the line, but then she writes back.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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