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[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

He tried to delete J.A.R.V.I.S. during the events of “Age of Ultron,” which led to the creation of Vision, so their dynamic is a bit complicated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Asked if she was the one to delete them, she replied: "Yes, I did. Kieran Hayler was asking to delete my messages."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A screen where I could type and delete and try again until I found the right way to explain.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

The BBC has written to Perplexity, which is based in the US, demanding it immediately stops using BBC content, deletes any it holds, and proposes financial compensation for the material it has already used.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Maybe Ms. Morales is just one of those people who deletes text messages right after she reads them, Emma told herself.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Even after discovering the leaks, the military continued to use the vehicles until the end of the exercise due to a lack of alternatives and the soldiers deleted the videos, DN reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Stupnikov had already deleted the screenshot, so he sent a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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

It says he had two "freebie dinners" with City and that a Sun probe has found "deleted records".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

I deleted anything that violated the community rules, but thanks to school and sleep, I wasn’t zapping them as they posted.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Agents typically know to ask permission before doing major things like making purchases or deleting files, but other than that, they can have free rein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Although the account itself is no longer viewable on the platform, the Tokyo District Court will rule on whether TikTok was responsible for deleting the posts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

When the website's editors noticed and started deleting pages, the agents shared code designed to retrieve them.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

He wrote for a long time, and I imagined him typing and deleting, typing and deleting.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green


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