deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən 
dē-
Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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Among the public controversies has been the Pentagon’s wholesale deletions of pages related to the Navajo Code Talkers’ contributions in World War II and baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s military career.
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Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
But Graham said that under Trump's second term, the scope and sheer pace of the deletions of government data has been unprecedented.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
Several photos of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were marked for deletion, apparently because a local engineer in the photo had the last name Gay.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Aldridge also points to the California attorney general’s detailed instructions for data deletion and sample disposal.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
But Graham said that under Trump's second term, the scope and sheer pace of the deletions of government data has been unprecedented.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
Several photos of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were marked for deletion, apparently because a local engineer in the photo had the last name Gay.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Aldridge also points to the California attorney general’s detailed instructions for data deletion and sample disposal.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deletion
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deletion. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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