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delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /


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The Justice Department says that Van Dyke then engaged in a ham-fisted scheme to cover his tracks, routing his profits to a foreign crypto account and asking Polymarket to delete his account.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Law enforcement advice around the world is not to pay cybercriminal ransoms as it fuels the industry and there is no guarantee hackers will actually delete stolen data.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

You can also prompt the bot to retain additional inclinations, and delete current ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

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

My first impulse was to delete every single copy of the e-mail and pretend I’d never received it, but I changed my mind.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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