The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary gives a third sense of redact: 3: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release. This is now the most common meaning of the word, as a quick perusal of the incidences in COCA for variants of redact will confirm. The dictionaries at dictionary.com appear to be behind the times ...

2016年4月16日 · The only use of "redact" I normally hear is sense 3), removing sensitive material from a document before publication or sharing, so I would think a redactor is specifically a person who performs that action, while an editor is someone who does the broader tasks of grammar-checking, fact-checking, proofreading, content management, etc. –

2011年6月10日 · The current use of redact often includes image redaction, especially when discussing electronic files such as Word or PDF documents. The NSA Redacting with Confidence guide (note, 1.4MB PDF available from NSA index ) discusses redacting images - for example:

2018年7月29日 · In speech (I wasn't sure if when you said how should I say it, you were talking about speaking about something redacted), unless you are actually reading a redacted document, I imagine that you refer to the person or situation in exactly the same way as if information about them or it isn't known in the first place.

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2015年1月28日 · Well, the requested information. sounds stilted to me (British English native speaker).. I suggest: Open the email with a bit more than 'Hi'.

2016年12月19日 · redact: Merriam-Webster: to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release Cambridge English Dictionary:

2012年3月28日 · It partly depends on the contents of the letter. If I'm submitting, say, a letter of reference, that might warrant something a little different than a general inquiry, a request for a favor, or a formal complaint.

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