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accidental erasure of the tape
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Various official decisions have meanwhile prompted claims of erasure, from the Pentagon stripping the name of history-making gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk from a US Navy ship to information about Harriet Tubman being removed from a federal website, then restored following backlash.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
With Matthew Tkachuk already out until December, Barkov’s erasure has seen Florida dropped from near the top of betting odds to all the way to seventh at DraftKings.
—Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the plan's terms, IBR concludes in debt erasure after 20 years or 25 years of payments, depending on the age of a borrower's loans.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Rather than being a means of erasure, our art must serve as a bridge to freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
With Matthew Tkachuk already out until December, Barkov’s erasure has seen Florida dropped from near the top of betting odds to all the way to seventh at DraftKings.
—Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the plan's terms, IBR concludes in debt erasure after 20 years or 25 years of payments, depending on the age of a borrower's loans.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Rather than being a means of erasure, our art must serve as a bridge to freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for erasure
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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