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Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
But the name of the drug and the type of potential contamination that inspectors worried about were not clear due to the FDA’s redactions.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
The redactions in the documents made public Tuesday are so extensive that little can be deduced about Prince Harry’s immigration records themselves, or even the volume of records withheld.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
Eight years ago, government lawyers argued the redactions were necessary to protect Epstein’s privacy.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Redaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redaction. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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