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Recent Examples of effacement
Hoss runs the gamut of emotions, from love and vulnerability through anger and grief, to a steely resolve that belies the superficial self-effacement.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
The Vandewater performs a similar act of semi-self-effacement.
—Curbed, 18 Aug. 2022
For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities.
—Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
The Vandewater performs a similar act of semi-self-effacement.
—Curbed, 18 Aug. 2022
For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities.
—Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effacement
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Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die on Tuesday despite a judge's order last week temporarily halting the execution in a ruling that was overturned by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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The companies that will thrive will be the ones that stop measuring effort and start amplifying execution.—
Kinga Vajda,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Yet a life guided by this precept flashed by in moments of critical distraction and disintegration.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Several years of capturing political extremism, gentrification and environmental disintegration has given Samoylova time to think about how to package disastrous messaging.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
9 Dec. 2024
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The women in the fresco are both hunters and dancers, suggesting that the duality of slaughter and revelry was a central tenet.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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More victims sent to slaughter In 2024, pig butchering revenue grew nearly 40% year over year, with the number of deposits to pig butchering scams growing nearly 210% over the same period, according to Chainalysis.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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The National Archives has over the last three decades made material related to Kennedy's assassination available to the public, with the latest batch disclosed in August 2023.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Days after Trump survived an assassination attempt in July, Farage flew to the United States on a mission funded by a wealthy Reform donor.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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There remains some debate over whether the attack led by John Mason, a Connecticut Colony founder honored with a statue in a niche on the Capitol, can be celebrated as Pequot War victory or a criminal massacre of women and children.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Orlando City Council last month endorsed a design for a memorial unanimously approved by the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee, which included relatives of the 49 people who died in the massacre and some members who had visited the club that horrible night in June 2016.—
Stephen Hudak,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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Two killings in 27 hours A short while later, in April 2023, Messiah Nantwi detonated.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Police got the suspect’s description from security camera footage at Nash’s home in the 4900 block of Melinda Drive, where the killings took place.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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Danielle Haim sings, more disdainful than saddened by the dissolution at the heart of the single.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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While eliminating the department would require congressional approval, its dissolution would significantly impact millions of borrowers and the American education system at large.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Effacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effacement. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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