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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Or to delete the Insta account she dubs “Carrie Red.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

He quickly pulls the phone down and taps to delete the message he just listened to.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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

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

Rivas’ office said that’s due in part to prevent people from impersonating elected officials: If a user deletes their X account, the username can be claimed by someone else 30 days later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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

It then deleted its social media accounts and website.

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

Burton held up his phone, scrolled to the video, and deleted it.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

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

The company built a “policy server” that prevents agents from doing things like deleting data sets, and stops Cisco data from being used to train third-party models, Subaiya said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Finally, after almost thirty minutes of typing, deleting, and typing again, she came up with something that seemed reasonable.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway


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