as in omissions
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 deletions
None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Among other deletions, the reports do not include accounts from individual abuse survivors or witnesses.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Automate detection of out-of-bounds activity, such as large-scale deletions or unusual API calls, and trigger alerts or containment actions.
—Tannu Jiwnani, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Or the other way around things could get inserted in, or insertions and deletions.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
The deletions were being discussed this morning on Reddit and in news articles, with people expressing suspicions based on which parts of the Constitution were missing.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2025
Short reads can turn up single base-pair mutations, while longer reads are better for detecting complicated variations like deletions or insertions of thousands of base pairs.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Among other deletions, the reports do not include accounts from individual abuse survivors or witnesses.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Automate detection of out-of-bounds activity, such as large-scale deletions or unusual API calls, and trigger alerts or containment actions.
—Tannu Jiwnani, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Or the other way around things could get inserted in, or insertions and deletions.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
The deletions were being discussed this morning on Reddit and in news articles, with people expressing suspicions based on which parts of the Constitution were missing.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2025
Short reads can turn up single base-pair mutations, while longer reads are better for detecting complicated variations like deletions or insertions of thousands of base pairs.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deletions
omissions
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Many define empathy differently or fail to define it at all; others fail to use control groups, do not report effect sizes, or contain other errors and omissions that make the studies difficult to compare.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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In terms of notable omissions, the SE 3 lacks a blood oxygen sensor for on-demand SpO2 measurements, an electrical heart rate sensor for ECG readings, and an underwater depth gauge and water temperature sensor, features that are available on its more expensive siblings.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Deletions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deletions. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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