delete
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Mills said she finished singing “Home,” and the stars took photos, but before she left, Gaga’s team stopped her at the elevator and insisted she delete the pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mr. El-Sayed’s fig leaf seems to be proposing to delete that provision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
I delete J. Marc’s message because I’m not selling the couch Dad will need again for his weekend naps.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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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
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They looked at who added DEI language, when they did so and whether they later deleted it.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has since deleted that video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
When the researchers deleted MTCH2, far fewer cells successfully developed into mature fat cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But, within a few hours, he deleted his post and the crypto nosedived in value, losing investors most of their money.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I deleted anything that violated the community rules, but thanks to school and sleep, I wasn’t zapping them as they posted.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Agents typically know to ask permission before doing major things like making purchases or deleting files, but other than that, they can have free rein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
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
“You don’t even know. Yesterday Ainyr spent two hours deleting all the photos of him off her phone. Two hours! You know how many photos that is? They only went out a week!”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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