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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
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He suggested if the government wanted to withhold or redact some of the information not relevant to national security or diplomatic relations, MPs should give their consent.

From BBC May 19, 2026

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 deployed hundreds of attorneys to review the millions of pages for review, giving them instructions on how to redact and determine whether files needed to be released.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 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 appeal redacts their names, indentifying jurors only by their numbers from the trial.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

The report redacts the names of patrons involved, but some details from incident outlined in the document align with the account Keisha Young, 22, previously reported to The Post.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2021

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

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

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

The documents are heavily redacted and contain a mix of raw reporting, internal discussions, technical assessments and law-enforcement records.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Lord Beamish also said the government was redacting documents "too broadly - particularly in the case of personal information".

From BBC May 15, 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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