excised
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The movie is more condensed than the novel; Hitchcock accepted that the film medium cannot access the inner thoughts of a human being, and so significant swaths of the book were excised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Washington’s analysis in this excised section pivots to a cautious optimism about large republics—at a time when the United States territory extended only to the Mississippi River.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
Enrollees who didn’t meet the requirement for three months were summarily excised from Medicaid and couldn’t reenroll until the following year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
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