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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Those deletions explain why 23andMe’s site temporarily went down when the company initially announced its bankruptcy filing.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
However, effective data retention and deletion (by design) are often never considered up front.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
And in February, the State Department removed a statement about not supporting Taiwan’s independence from its website—a deletion that China interpreted as provocative.
—Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
In any case, the deletion is likely to result in a less fully functional EspW protein.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
However, effective data retention and deletion (by design) are often never considered up front.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
And in February, the State Department removed a statement about not supporting Taiwan’s independence from its website—a deletion that China interpreted as provocative.
—Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
In any case, the deletion is likely to result in a less fully functional EspW protein.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 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 18 Jun. 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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