as in omission
something left out
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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Recent Examples of deletion
Once the email confirmation has been completed, users can't request their personal information back, as the deletion process is automatic, according to the 23andMe website.
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The deletion wasn’t located within a gene, where mutations usually are found.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
That moves data to your phone and triggers the cloud deletion.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The deletions even temporarily included a page from MLB legend Jackie Robinson's service record from the Pentagon's website.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The deletion wasn’t located within a gene, where mutations usually are found.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
That moves data to your phone and triggers the cloud deletion.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The deletions even temporarily included a page from MLB legend Jackie Robinson's service record from the Pentagon's website.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deletion
omission
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But there was one glaring omission—the AI gave me two arms instead of one.—
Jessica Smith,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Yet, the omission of Egypt, the home country of the Boulder attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suggests potential inconsistencies in the policy's application.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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“Deletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletion. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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