delete

Example Sentences

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Bhargava didn’t go quietly; according to legal filings, he threatened to delete Sports Illustrated’s archive of intellectual property.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Karume said he did not believe there was a need to delete them because no-one had complained and the videos did not get as much attention as the other two.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"I just download social media to post something and then delete it straight away as it can have a really negative impact."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

When rendering spoken words in print, it’s standard practice to delete the “uhs” and “ums” and “likes,” remove irrelevant false starts and silently correct the minor errors of grammar and syntax endemic to human speech.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

In fact, we can remove an infinite number of elements from the set of whole numbers—we can delete the odd numbers, for example—and the size of the set remains unchanged.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife