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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
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Her low profile has been maintained, in part, with the help of her lawyer who requested that the Justice Department redact her name in its files.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

While your mother’s bank may decide to redact certain sensitive transaction details, it cannot refuse to disclose all accounting.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

According to a report by the Washington Post, Patel has directed agents in the bureau’s San Francisco office to redact the case files for public release.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

Griffin also confirmed that the large bundle of documents released last month had been temporarily removed from the government website "to redact some additional information".

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

"Abridge, redact," he exclaims towards the end, but there was no abridgment and no redaction.

From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

Officials have said they would release materials as the department reviews and redacts them.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

The report redacts details of the now-deleted post, from 16 November 2023, which the BBC has seen.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

The appeal redacts their names, indentifying jurors only by their numbers from the trial.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

The report also redacts the names of some members of the hierarchy who helped protect them.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

If he is applauded, he prospers and redacts; if he is hissed, he goes his ways.'

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

A second draft of the letter, dated March 4, contained altered language providing that the voter information would be “transferred” to HSI, with one exception: Voters’ party affiliation would be redacted, if possible, it said.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Numerous victims have said that their names and other sensitive information were not properly redacted in the files and criticized Blanche and the department for failing to investigate Epstein’s potential co-conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Most of the report given to AFP was redacted, citing privacy, national security and confidentiality concerns.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

She'd seen it in the library book before it was redacted.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Lord Beamish also said the government was redacting documents "too broadly - particularly in the case of personal information".

From BBC May 15, 2026

In a statement, Inspector General William M. Blier said his “preliminary objective is to evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

After Congress passed a law forcing their release, Bondi presided over that release — amid criticisms she was slow-walking it, withholding certain records and overly redacting others.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

Of those who remain, roughly 1,000 special agents and others are said to be focused on redacting materials related to the Epstein files.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2026

For there is much consulting about it, and redacting of it; Polish Majesty himself very busy.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle




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