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Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
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Recent Examples of erasure from the Web
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Climate change has become the day-to-day struggle for this tiny nation -- an island nation that faces erasure should the problem remain uncurbed.
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The subjects of cultural erasure and artistic responsibility can be grist for nuanced consideration and cheap outrage alike.
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Nevertheless, the concerns about erasure of history remain perhaps the most potent objection, espoused not only by irredentist rebels but even by those who declare strong disdain for the Confederacy.
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Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra know the biggest hole on their roster and in their lineup remains the one left by Chris Bosh’s erasure due to blood clots.
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Using Western terminology to understand other cultures’ gender variance might only result in perpetuating that harm and erasure.
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Figures harden as the French Revolution approaches, and the century ends with an erasure of froufrou and a praise of moral virtues drawn from Greek and Roman examples.
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Last month in California, Alliance Defending Freedom and Students for Life decried the erasure of antiabortion chalk texts at Fresno State University.
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Without careful reflection and community input, both place naming and the erasure of names can further marginalize the perspectives and experiences of Native peoples.
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First Known Use of erasure
1734
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: an act of erasing something ( chiefly US )
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