redacted
Americanadjective
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(of a document) with confidential or sensitive information removed or hidden.
If a court decision contains protected information, it may not be released immediately due to the need to prepare a redacted version.
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(of text, images, or information) removed, obscured, or hidden from view.
Under this ruling, state agencies must provide an explanation for not disclosing redacted information.
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edited or compiled, as from multiple sources.
This text is believed to be a redacted and bowdlerized edition of the Babylonian Talmud.
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Finger points at AI as famous scientist’s papers mysteriously redacted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Most of the report given to AFP was redacted, citing privacy, national security and confidentiality concerns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
This is particularly true on military and intelligence matters, much of which will likely be redacted from this document drop on national security grounds.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
She'd seen it in the library book before it was redacted.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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