delete
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Facebook’s promises to detect and delete misinformation and hate speech were similarly “deceptive,” Mathew wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Alex also repeatedly asked one of the man to delete the video, and when he started running away, she took off her heels and chased after him.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
When I get up the next morning, I delete it.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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
“Supervisor Barger’s iPhone auto-delete setting is set to 30 days. She also manually deletes her texts sometimes,” Barger spokesperson Helen Chavez Garcia said last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Ben deletes the title and retypes: "Differences: America's Far Past and Recent Past" “Specifics?” asks Ben.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
That firm, SoCal Strategies, has since deleted its website and social media accounts.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Multiple data points are showing that Muslims have become the most deleted people," institute's director Sabir Ahamed told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Sure enough, Dave had deleted a video from his gallery He’d pulled it from his wrestling videos folder the day after the attack.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Rather, he said by deleting duplicated language in the charter, the rules will be easier to understand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A former governor was arrested in August, on accusations of deleting the security videos of the scene of the crime in Iguala.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
When the website's editors noticed and started deleting pages, the agents shared code designed to retrieve them.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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
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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