How to Use redact in a Sentence

redact

verb
  • Some of the priests’ names in the report have been redacted.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The names of the victim and the other boy were redacted from the report.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The names of the sites were redacted in the copy of the suit made public Thursday.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The name of the substance was redacted, reports the Sun.
    — Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Names of the callers were redacted from the recordings.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The details of that case are redacted in the court filing.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023
  • The name of the deceased was redacted in the police report.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • The name of the nonprofit was redacted in the court filing.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The details of the notes were redacted in the arrest report.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • Parts of it are redacted, so none of the 49 people killed that night can be seen.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2017
  • The relationship of the adults to the girl was redacted from the report.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 May 2017
  • The names of the officers were redacted from the report.
    — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The disclosure form is then sent to the judge, who can decide what to redact.
    — Coulter Jones, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The crime scene was not only the bathroom in (redacted).
    — Jacqueline Lee, The Mercury News, 16 May 2017
  • The department in the records redacted both those names.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
  • Her name was redacted from the records released by UCLA.
    — Richard Winton, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
  • When asked what kind, his answer was redacted from the video tape.
    — CBS News, 1 June 2017
  • The deal required Google to delete or redact billions of records and change the language on the mode’s opening page.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The names of the officer and the teacher were redacted in a copy of the letter that Yu provided to The Times.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The name of the customer is redacted from the documents, along with details of what was found.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The amount of child support agreed upon was redacted from the court filing.
    — Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • What didn’t get much attention is the portion of the memo that was redacted.
    — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Even forty-five years on, lines, paragraphs, and even whole pages are redacted.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The name of the student who was allegedly threatened has been redacted by The Bee.
    — Darrell Smith, sacbee, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The child support amount was redacted from the Thursday agreement.
    — USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • But the Florida Supreme Court in 2023 ruled that did not include the blanket right to redact their names.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The identity of the witness was redacted from the report.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The nature of the incidents was redacted from the warrant.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Yanez Quintana and three others, whose names are redacted, were summoned to give official statements in March.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
  • Burnette said another person whose name was redacted from the documents was standing to the right of the dumpster and fired a .223 caliber rifle at Sweet.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025

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