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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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Got to write the sentence and delete it.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Relatives and acquaintances called my parents, urging them to make me delete my videos or face the consequences.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Frequently review and delete the AI’s financial memories.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Kalshi told the influencers to delete the posts, which violated company guidelines.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

But I delete it and turn off my phone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

OpenAI automatically deletes temporary conversations from servers within 30 days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

When that happens, he deletes records of the attempt.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 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

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

Last fall, a federal bankruptcy judge ordered the network liquidated, finding evidence that McGraw deleted text messages to conceal plans favoring certain creditors over others.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Kyrgios told the BBC he had "deleted posts, unfollowed him and gone to all lengths to distance" himself from Tate.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Users—brand-affiliated or otherwise—who break subreddits’ promotional rules often find their comments deleted at best and their accounts banned at worst.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

I stopped writing and deleted all the emails from my sent mail folder.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Now he’s gone dark, deleting his X.com account after exchanging volleys with a radio reporter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

"After deleting Mitch, we examined, every few hours, the effect that had on more than 100 substances taking part in metabolism in human cells," Chourasia explains.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

On Wednesday night, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported being told that “the aerial image of the crowds from last week’s his rally enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them.”

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

After Maduro’s arrest, Van Dyke sought to conceal his conduct, including by deleting his Polymarket account and transferring funds through a foreign cryptocurrency vault, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Finally, after almost thirty minutes of typing, deleting, and typing again, she came up with something that seemed reasonable.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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