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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
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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

The Justice Department’s inspector general has begun examining the government’s handling of the Epstein files, reviewing in part how officials decided to redact names and withhold materials from public release.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 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

Several criticised what they said was a failure to redact the names of victims as was required by law.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

"Abridge, redact," he exclaims towards the end, but there was no abridgment and no redaction.

From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

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

Of those, only 13 are living, and the attorney general’s report redacts their names and other identifying information.

From Washington Post Jan. 20, 2023

Which duty done, D'Orleans returns in from the gate; redacts his Protest, in the face of an applauding Parlement, an applauding France; and so—has cut his Court-moorings, shall we say?

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

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

Most of the report given to AFP was redacted, citing privacy, national security and confidentiality concerns.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 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

In a statement, Inspector General William M. Blier said his “preliminary objective is to evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 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

For there is much consulting about it, and redacting of it; Polish Majesty himself very busy.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle




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