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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

Meanwhile, Claude, which I’ve been using more recently, listed details so specific I’d have to redact them here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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

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

Of those, only 13 are living, and the attorney general’s report redacts their names and other identifying information.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

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

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Gates said he resigned, alleged the Register had relied on fake records, and shared a partially redacted Justice Department letter with The Times purporting to show he had voluntarily left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Speaking to the BBC, however, Nunn said part of her victim impact statement had been redacted by authorities.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

Friday's judgement said that while plans submitted to the UK authorities were redacted and not all rooms were identified, there was "no possible ambiguity as to the nature of the intended use of the premises".

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

On 11 March, the government said it was redacting documents to conceal details including people's phone numbers, the identity of junior civil servants, personal data of third parties and legal professional privilege.

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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