How to Use redact in a Sentence

redact

verb
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  • The names of the victim and the other boy were redacted from the report.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Names of the callers were redacted from the recordings.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The details of that case are redacted in the court filing.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023
  • The name of the deceased was redacted in the police report.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • The names of the officer and the teacher were redacted in a copy of the letter that Yu provided to The Times.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The name of the customer is redacted from the documents, along with details of what was found.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The amount of child support agreed upon was redacted from the court filing.
    — Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • The child support amount was redacted from the Thursday agreement.
    — USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • There are some details of the leak that Manning had to redact from the book due to a government review process.
    — CBS News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Tribune has chosen to redact a reference the teacher made to his own child and his name.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The person’s name was redacted when the request was shared with the local news outlet KSL.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 June 2023
  • The student names were redacted from the emails obtained by Wood through a records request and provided to The Post.
    — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The doctors redacted their names from the letter out of concern for their safety.
    — oregonlive, 8 June 2023
  • The details of those rights are redacted in Diamond’s filings with the court.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • Much of the call is redacted, including the caller's name, Austin's symptoms and Austin's name.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Tom did redact one reference, which had to do with women’s work.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Many details of the report were redacted by the sheriff’s office.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Police redacted parts of the audio that describe a way the vehicle can be stolen.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • While some famous names are redacted (though alluded to with blind-item-style clues), here is a guide to the many names that appear in the suit.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But many details, including the 2021 agreement, were redacted at the time.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 July 2023
  • Some of Carlson's texts have been publicly released, but the one quoted by the New York Times remains redacted by the court.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • The carpet of the room has large areas of blood, which have been redacted in the photos provided by the department.
    — Fabiana Chaparro, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The employee’s name was redacted in the email Jordan posted.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The boy's name and age were not listed in the incident report, and the address where the drowning occurred had been redacted.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • In the letter, parts of which were redacted, Huizar said his own weakness had forever changed his life.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The coworkers’ names were redacted from the public report.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • That person, whose name is redacted from court documents, was found in the bedroom dead.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The other 10 names were redacted, but The Sun has since confirmed and published their identities.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
  • Details of the complaint were redacted in response to a public records request.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The owner’s first name is redacted in the police report, but her last name is Mercado.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023

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