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But the analysis also indicated that Best had been deleting most of her texts more frequently than that.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

In fact, Bang had been deleting files from his work computer — but he hadn’t erased everything.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2019

Yahoo, which had been deleting only a portion of individual I.P. addresses, said it would now delete the entire address after 90 days and make anonymous the log of a user’s activities.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2010