elided; eliding
1
a
: to suppress or alter (something, such as a vowel or syllable) by elision
b
: to strike out (something, such as a written word)
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Examples of elide in a Sentence
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
Recent Examples on the Web
In this book, that piece of the puzzle, rather than being fleshed out in flashback, is, except for particular incidents around Carl’s kidnapping, completely elided.
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Cat Zhang, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
But attempts to facilitate talks elide the major problem: the opposition in Venezuela isn’t like a faction that sits across the aisle of a normal parliamentary democracy.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2020
The smash cut to July was meant to take everyone back to a time when their win felt inevitable, re-starting the clock and eliding all the ups and downs of the past few months.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Netanyahu, needless to say, elided other terrible facts in his speech before the General Assembly.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Cat Zhang, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
But attempts to facilitate talks elide the major problem: the opposition in Venezuela isn’t like a faction that sits across the aisle of a normal parliamentary democracy.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2020
The smash cut to July was meant to take everyone back to a time when their win felt inevitable, re-starting the clock and eliding all the ups and downs of the past few months.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Netanyahu, needless to say, elided other terrible facts in his speech before the General Assembly.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elide. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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