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redacting

  • present participle of redact.

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Lord Beamish also said the government was redacting documents "too broadly - particularly in the case of personal information".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In a statement, Inspector General William M. Blier said his “preliminary objective is to evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Of those who remain, roughly 1,000 special agents and others are said to be focused on redacting materials related to the Epstein files.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

What they’ve done is all these haphazard redactions, redacting a bunch of things they’re not supposed to redact.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

There sit Robespierre and Company, embraced by Municipals and Jacobins, in sacred right of Insurrection; redacting Proclamations; sounding tocsins; corresponding with Sections and Mother Society.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas