Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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High-profile people engage in nonchalant trans erasure, misuse pronouns, promote stereotypes and freely drop the f- and t-slurs – and defend their right to do so.
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John Norris, Billboard, 14 June 2024
Consider the implications of this direction when the most conservative factions of our society are the ones who are calling for the silence and erasure of women at the exact point where their voice is the most important, the autonomy of their body.
—Megan Thiele Strong, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
Since the late 1990s, Wool has used erasure, obfuscation, shifts in scale, distortion, and collage to generate new imagery from preexisting works, circling back while tumbling forward.
—Chris Murtha, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
The unintended consequence of being a federal holiday is the erasure and loss of its deep, rich, and vast cultural traditions and heritage.
—Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 19 June 2024
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John Norris, Billboard, 14 June 2024
Consider the implications of this direction when the most conservative factions of our society are the ones who are calling for the silence and erasure of women at the exact point where their voice is the most important, the autonomy of their body.
—Megan Thiele Strong, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
Since the late 1990s, Wool has used erasure, obfuscation, shifts in scale, distortion, and collage to generate new imagery from preexisting works, circling back while tumbling forward.
—Chris Murtha, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
The unintended consequence of being a federal holiday is the erasure and loss of its deep, rich, and vast cultural traditions and heritage.
—Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 19 June 2024
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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