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accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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But the erasure of his six-shot lead on Saturday brought back some difficult memories in the minds of his fans, if not in the Northern Irishman himself.
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Fearful and self-preserving silence, nervous and embarrassed avoidance, and even willful erasure kept stories like these in the dark.
—Chad S.a. Gibbs, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
The battle against historical erasure can be fought in courtrooms and classrooms, but it’s also fought in our fiction.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Kirk was inundated with questions on matters such as demographic erasure and how a true conservative could back multiculturalism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Fearful and self-preserving silence, nervous and embarrassed avoidance, and even willful erasure kept stories like these in the dark.
—Chad S.a. Gibbs, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
The battle against historical erasure can be fought in courtrooms and classrooms, but it’s also fought in our fiction.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Kirk was inundated with questions on matters such as demographic erasure and how a true conservative could back multiculturalism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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