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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
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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

The justice department has also faced criticism over its handling of the files, including failing to redact the names of Epstein's victims.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

Massie has also criticized the DOJ, which he says “has failed to properly redact victims’ information while simultaneously succeeding in avoiding the disclosure of incriminated individuals,” in a statement to Salon.

From Salon Feb. 10, 2026

"The Rédacteur vill not redact long, hein?" he said presently.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill

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

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

In Freedom of Information Act requests, the Department of Agriculture redacts anything that could reveal the location of an agricultural operation.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2023

Which duty done, D'Orleans returns in from the gate; redacts his Protest, in the face of an applauding Parlement, an applauding France; and so—has cut his Court-moorings, shall we say?

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

But it is heavily redacted making it difficult to work out the full context of the table.

From BBC Jul. 17, 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

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

It will also examine "guidance and processes for redacting and withholding material consistent with the requirements" in the law.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

The law prohibits the department from withholding or redacting files because they could be embarrassing to public figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 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

What they’ve done is all these haphazard redactions, redacting a bunch of things they’re not supposed to redact.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

There sit Robespierre and Company, embraced by Municipals and Jacobins, in sacred right of Insurrection; redacting Proclamations; sounding tocsins; corresponding with Sections and Mother Society.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle




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