- present participle of delete.
deleting
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A former governor was arrested in August, on accusations of deleting the security videos of the scene of the crime in Iguala.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The lawsuit claims that the Education Department gave servicers instructions, known as a change request, on how to process these group loan discharges, including deleting credit trade lines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The case emerges after Donaghy was on Wednesday convicted of two charges connected to deleting or attempting to delete an email to prevent disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company built a “policy server” that prevents agents from doing things like deleting data sets, and stops Cisco data from being used to train third-party models, Subaiya said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Just as I’d finished deleting these messages, I received another incoming call.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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