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as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
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as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
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Recent Examples of elide
Fortunately, the exhibitions presented under the aegis of PST ART, through their rigorous investigation into centuries of cross-pollination between art and science, reveal all that is elided by the ahistorical theme.
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Their arguments elide the fact that the enemy gets a vote, too, and may decide to confront the United States simultaneously on multiple fronts, at which point allies become more valuable than ever.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Naturally, Trump’s comments elide his own major role in amplifying transphobia for the sake of political power.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
The film’s premise is rendered abstract, mapped out with a quasi-mathematical rigor that merely elides the specifics on which the drama depends.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Their arguments elide the fact that the enemy gets a vote, too, and may decide to confront the United States simultaneously on multiple fronts, at which point allies become more valuable than ever.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Naturally, Trump’s comments elide his own major role in amplifying transphobia for the sake of political power.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
The film’s premise is rendered abstract, mapped out with a quasi-mathematical rigor that merely elides the specifics on which the drama depends.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elide
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But Rozier is also trying not to let the outside noise affect him, temporarily deleting Instagram and some of his other social media accounts.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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As the company promotes generative AI to the public, Redmond accidentally introduced a software bug last week that can delete the Copilot program from PCs running Windows 10 or 11.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
17 Mar. 2025
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Over the years, the Legislature also imposed an expiration date for petition signatures and then shortened its lifespan from eight years to four years to two years.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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Employees must be given 60 days' notice of their end date, unless OPM grants a waiver to shorten that period to 30 days.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Time travel stories often feature grim themes of destruction and butterfly effect scenarios where even a single change can lead to disastrous outcomes (like Marty almost erasing himself from existence in Back to the Future).—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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That’s the short list of what this state’s brilliant educational minds, who are clearly raising absolutely no teenage boys, expect to erase.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Legislature has been trying to curtail that practice ever since, saying that outside special interests with money have corrupted the process.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to curtail a lower court’s ability to issue a national injunction, hatching a novel legal strategy in its bid to radically revise a bedrock American principle: birthright citizenship.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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South Korean law allows prosecutors to continue to hold a suspect while pursuing an appeal, even after the suspect's arrest is canceled by a court.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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First, the Eye network canceled the FBI spinoffs FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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By one estimate, The Witcher has lost nearly half its viewers since season one, and Hissrich’s seven-season plan has been abridged to five.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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In its response, Meta noted that the First Amendment prohibited the government — not a private party — from abridging speech.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elide. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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