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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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
The problem is that NPR’s federal funding mechanism elides its demographic’s finite cultural position with aspirational claims about what ‘enrich[es] man’s spirit’ nationwide.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The 2006 film Superman Returns also elides the classic mantra.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
The talk elided any reference to the mechanics of reproduction—this was not the talk—but was an otherwise wide-ranging explication of the subject matter, drawing on the Book of Genesis, personal observations, and popular mythology.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Trump presents himself as pro-business by eliding the difference between Big Business and small businesses.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The 2006 film Superman Returns also elides the classic mantra.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
The talk elided any reference to the mechanics of reproduction—this was not the talk—but was an otherwise wide-ranging explication of the subject matter, drawing on the Book of Genesis, personal observations, and popular mythology.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Trump presents himself as pro-business by eliding the difference between Big Business and small businesses.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elide
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However, that has all changed over the past few days as reports from outlets including , and uncovered past messages from Platner written on the message board site Reddit – some of which have been deleted as Platner seeks to distance himself from them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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In early 2022, not long before the suit with Giuffre was settled, his social media accounts were deleted, and on his page on the royal family’s website, his duties were changed to be listed in the past tense.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, the Italian F4 championship season came, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Germany’s ADAC Formula Four Championship, where Crawford missed the title by two points.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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An immediate switch back to the Red Sea would shorten supply chains dramatically, causing a temporary doubling of arrivals from Asia to Europe for two weeks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Private equity firms are showing a great interest in buying into the NFL — the biggest and most profitable sports league in the world — and are boosting values by setting a floor on valuations and erasing concerns other limited partners may have had over liquidity, CNBC reported.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Referee Michael Oliver appeared to be in a good position to see the accidental clash and take relevant action, looking over the prone Mac Allister as Fernandes fed the ball out to Amad, but made no signal to curtail the United attack.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The missing context is that Disney severely curtailed the release of the film because of the Chinese government’s pushback.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Barca and Madrid reactions to the Miami game being cancelled was certainly divergent, and there will be lingering tension in the Bernabeu’s VIP areas on Sunday.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The principal didn’t immediately realize the alert had been canceled, a spokesperson for Baltimore County Public Schools told WBAL.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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When our rights were being abridged?—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
19 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elide. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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