as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
x out the names of the people who have already left
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But many users deleted the ChatGPT app.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
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When left alone in the interrogation room, a camera captured Marsha Allen deleting texts from her cell phone.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“X (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/x%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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