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With the erasure of so much natural habitat, pollution, overfishing and climate change, populations of popular fish like grouper and snapper are declining.
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White Castle and Cheesecake Factory vending machines at Boston Logan International Airport offer a limited selection of disappointing food – and human erasure.
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Acknowledging the team’s own reflections on the erasure of the Palestinian experience, the jury wanted to help mark the next step in the project’s journey to be seen and to tell a vital international and deeply personal story.
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Nathan Rott, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
Physical acts of racist terror have been coupled with the violent erasure of history.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
White Castle and Cheesecake Factory vending machines at Boston Logan International Airport offer a limited selection of disappointing food – and human erasure.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Acknowledging the team’s own reflections on the erasure of the Palestinian experience, the jury wanted to help mark the next step in the project’s journey to be seen and to tell a vital international and deeply personal story.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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