Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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In police states, controlling the flow of information and creating a veneer of moral justification are necessary conditions for brutalization, intimidation, and erasure.
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Phillip Atiba Solomon, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Harmonia Rosales’ Black figurative paintings combine Eurocentric artistic traditions with African diasporic cosmologies as a way to course-correct the historical erasure of Black images from classical narratives.
—Evan Nicole Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Racial erasure is felt most acutely by the people whose histories are rendered invisible—here, African Americans—despite the fact that their contributions helped shape the nation and still remain too often absent from formal education.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
The creature’s journey from animal to man is more subtle than a straightforward erasure of the animal sounds, as Robitaille wanted the shift to feel natural and subliminal.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
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Phillip Atiba Solomon, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Harmonia Rosales’ Black figurative paintings combine Eurocentric artistic traditions with African diasporic cosmologies as a way to course-correct the historical erasure of Black images from classical narratives.
—Evan Nicole Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Racial erasure is felt most acutely by the people whose histories are rendered invisible—here, African Americans—despite the fact that their contributions helped shape the nation and still remain too often absent from formal education.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
The creature’s journey from animal to man is more subtle than a straightforward erasure of the animal sounds, as Robitaille wanted the shift to feel natural and subliminal.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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