Example Sentences

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Deleting personal data directly from data brokers can reduce the threat of identity theft and impersonation scams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Deleting an app or canceling a membership is usually not enough to scrub your personal information, because companies can continue to store the data of inactive users.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

"Deleting gobs of public data/resources as well is the digital equivalent of book burning."

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

Deleting or editing its genes or adding to its genome is straightforward.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

Deleting his e-mails took a click, and after the first click, the others were easier because she could not imagine reading the second if she had not read the first.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie