anonymize
verb
anon·y·mize
ə-ˈnä-nə-ˌmīz 
variants
also British anonymise
anonymized; anonymizing
: to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous
There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.—
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anonymizer
noun
also British anonymiser
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Carefully anonymizing survivors while breathlessly chasing a client list of powerful men unintentionally sends a message about who matters most.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
The slips were delivered, answered in writing, and then anonymized and thrown in a bowl.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
But in the decision, Wang reaffirmed that users’ privacy was not in jeopardy, noting that OpenAI had almost completed an internal process to anonymize the chats.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Privacy is built in, with automatic face detection and blurring to keep humans in view, anonymized.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie A, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
The slips were delivered, answered in writing, and then anonymized and thrown in a bowl.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
But in the decision, Wang reaffirmed that users’ privacy was not in jeopardy, noting that OpenAI had almost completed an internal process to anonymize the chats.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Privacy is built in, with automatic face detection and blurring to keep humans in view, anonymized.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anonymize
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“Anonymize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anonymize. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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