deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən 
dē-
Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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Among the public controversies has been the Pentagon’s wholesale deletions of pages related to the Navajo Code Talkers’ contributions in World War II and baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s military career.
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Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The effort, carried out through executive orders, has resulted in the deletion or archiving of tens of thousands of pages that previously highlighted the service of women, LGBTQ+ people and people of color.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Managing consent, handling deletion requests and keeping proper records all get more complicated when data never stops moving.
—Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The company will then send an an email asking users to confirm the deletion request.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The effort, carried out through executive orders, has resulted in the deletion or archiving of tens of thousands of pages that previously highlighted the service of women, LGBTQ+ people and people of color.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Managing consent, handling deletion requests and keeping proper records all get more complicated when data never stops moving.
—Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The company will then send an an email asking users to confirm the deletion request.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deletion
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deletion. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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deletion
noun
de·le·tion
di-ˈlē-shən
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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