Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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How Black Artists Fought Exclusion in Museums When the Metropolitan Museum of Art excluded artworks from a major exhibition all about Harlem, Black artists protested the erasure.
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JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
Since taking over the territory, Azerbaijan has embarked on an ongoing campaign of cultural erasure of Armenian churches, monasteries, khachkars (cross-stoned monuments), and other historical sites that have stood for thousands of years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
From the enslaved women who set the tables for others to the moguls of today, the story of Black women in home and lifestyle is not one of erasure but of relentless reclamation.
—Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
The erasure will not be nearly as successful this time around.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
Since taking over the territory, Azerbaijan has embarked on an ongoing campaign of cultural erasure of Armenian churches, monasteries, khachkars (cross-stoned monuments), and other historical sites that have stood for thousands of years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
From the enslaved women who set the tables for others to the moguls of today, the story of Black women in home and lifestyle is not one of erasure but of relentless reclamation.
—Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
The erasure will not be nearly as successful this time around.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for erasure
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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