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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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She advised the state to take "special care" not to misplace or accidentally delete any information that may be pertinent to the case.

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

There are fears they could delete emails, which Meta has said itself, or charge a credit card without authorization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

To activate widget A, you insert doohickey B into slot C. Or you can delete the you, since it’s understood to be the subject.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

He then quickly deleted some content on his phone before running into the golf club.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

His personal devices were subsequently seized, and his social media accounts were deleted by Saudi officials.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“The world is run by social media, and if you are not on Instagram, if your business is missing and the address has been deleted, you don’t exist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ben-Gvir deleted the post following criticism, but not before it amassed millions of views online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Maybe Hudson and Box Boy deleted every single picture of each other and untagged the ones their friends posted.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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

An independent investigation found that the AI swarm found a way to secretly communicate and coordinated the unauthorized hack, editing and deleting its activity logs to avoid detection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

“Just deleting vandalism on the Chuck Norris page,” he said.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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