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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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“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

She said he insisted she delete social media so their relationship remained "just between us".

From BBC Sep. 10, 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

Got to write the sentence and delete it.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

“Please delete that. I wasn't ready for a picture.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

When a foreign company transfers funds, the U.S. clearing bank effectively deletes dollars from the foreign company’s account and adds them to the other party’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

When that happens, he deletes records of the attempt.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 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

Ben deletes the title and retypes: "Differences: America's Far Past and Recent Past" “Specifics?” asks Ben.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A police probe last year into a missing data file containing the details of hundreds of maternity cases found it was most likely deleted "intentionally or maliciously".

From BBC 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

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

A police analysis of surveillance footage from the home showed that multiple clips from that morning had been deleted, according to a San Jose Police Department detective’s statement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 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

When the website's editors noticed and started deleting pages, the agents shared code designed to retrieve them.

From BBC Sep. 24, 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

I've been typing this and deleting this and trying to think of a better way to phrase this.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli




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