excised

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As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Ms. McCracken has now collected the 280 excised notes and compiled them into a sometimes useful, always charming book roughly equal in length to the original novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat” or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

These excised lines from the Farewell Address serve not only as a warning but as a prescient prophecy of the political turmoil and factionalism that would later shape the nation’s history.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025

Since most letters were written on both sides of a single piece of paper, the material on the other side would also be excised.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela