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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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
Yet Sorry, Baby doesn’t elide Agnes’s trauma, either; it is punctuated with moments—from Agnes answering a jury duty summons to a third-act revelation that begets a panic attack—to indicate, in no uncertain terms, that she’s been affected on a cellular level.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
The house’s official accounts elided her relationship with Tate, inspiring the activist group the Lesbian Avengers to stage a protest outside of it in the nineties.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
There’s been a lot of the show skipping ahead lately — including the big jump at the start of this week’s episode, eliding the moment when Wendy was captured and brought back to the main facility.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
The house’s official accounts elided her relationship with Tate, inspiring the activist group the Lesbian Avengers to stage a protest outside of it in the nineties.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
There’s been a lot of the show skipping ahead lately — including the big jump at the start of this week’s episode, eliding the moment when Wendy was captured and brought back to the main facility.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elide
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In 2024, Collins sponsored a bill that was drafted in part by the governor’s office to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters and delete most of the references to climate change in state law.—
Shauna Muckle,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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The video’s viral breakout was jarring enough that Nurse John deleted TikTok for six months, before deciding to return and really give posting on social more regularly a go.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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The draft was twelve pages long, including references, and The Lancet had asked Koren to shorten it to a page.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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According to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University, people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by ten to fifteen years on average, and a 2x-3x higher all-cause mortality rate than the general population.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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Credit card debt forgiveness programs can erase a sizable portion of your outstanding balances now.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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While concerned investors turn to the yellow metal for safety, there is also the other worry of threats to Fed independence, that could erase confidence in the dollar and boost gold prices.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The federal government is curtailing such efforts just as researchers call for more funding and, in some cases, long-term monitoring of people previously infected.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Injuries eventually curtailed his playing career.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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That band faces a similar situation as Mariachi Joya Azteca, with at least two major events canceled in 2025.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Anker 737 Power Bank keeps multiple devices running and charging, from your phone to your noise-canceling headphones, without weighing down your bag.—
Claire Gallam,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Lesson one: Agencies cannot abridge free speech by forcing people to parrot the government’s ideological message.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
28 Dec. 2025
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That set off a chain of social and legal arguments that led to the 2015 Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that the right to marry was covered by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and could not be abridged or denied license by the government.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elide. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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