How to Use redaction in a Sentence

redaction

noun
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  • But consult the redaction of oral law in the Mishnah (ca.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But the videos went through a redaction process, Gwinn-Villaroel said.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Fox’s lawyers had produced the text as part of the discovery process and were involved in the redactions.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Most of their redactions and their claims of exemption are made up.
    — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2018
  • More than 150 pages were published in the latest batch, with redactions.
    — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Wachs denied the request for redaction on those points.
    — Brian Witte, ajc, 10 June 2021
  • Some of the filings were made under seal so the public cannot see them or have redactions at the request of parties in the case.
    — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
  • The city released nearly 2,500 pages of those emails last Friday as staff worked to complete redactions on the rest.
    — Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
  • In many cases, more than one reason underlies the redaction of a portion of the record.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Arey said any public report on the findings of those types of records may have to include redactions.
    — Neal Earley, arkansasonline.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Bisig said Thursday that the order had been made public with redaction.
    — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Amusingly, the redactions to the memo are not all effective.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The court wants the redaction process to be completed by Aug. 8, when the 900-page report is expected to be made public.
    — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • The White House reviewed the document and said it could be made public without any redactions.
    — Billy House, Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The New York Times is challenging the legality of those redactions in court.
    — Katie Robertson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In its brief opposing the unsealing of the redactions, Fox News deplores the volume.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The Oregonian/OregonLive appealed the redaction of the names.
    — Molly Young, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
  • Reporters have reviewed what has been released and noted the redactions.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Use-of-force policy redactions in this day and age, that’s archaic.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The Globe found 96 complaints against 83 officers with such redactions.
    — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Finally, the many redactions indicate that there’s still a whole lot going on behind the scenes that Mueller doesn’t yet want the public to know about.
    — Andrew Prokop, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • But the redaction of so many names from thousands of police reports and records is a monumental task for police and courts.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • Logan did not respond to a text message seeking comment about the redactions.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • The redactions will continue to shield, at least temporarily, some of the accused.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The most straightforward choice would be to simply approve the memo’s release in full or with minimal changes and redactions.
    — Matt Ford, New Republic, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The redaction in this photo was made by the New Orleans Police Department to protect the identity of the victim.
    — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The attorneys later filed a version with the redactions intact.
    — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Payment will not be required until the video redaction is complete and ready to be delivered.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Additional details about the case were not available due to various redactions in court records.
    — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That motion for dismissal was unsealed Tuesday, too, after Cannon ordered much of the record unsealed with redactions.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 21 May 2024

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