Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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That filmmaker had argued that outsourcing decisions to machine intelligence amounted to a form of self-erasure.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
And the paintings began, in part, as a meditation on erasure—a rebuke, of sorts, to a digital regime that had abandoned writing’s tactility.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Schomburg spent his life defying these prohibitions and erasures.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
The story is more one of quiet erasure.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
And the paintings began, in part, as a meditation on erasure—a rebuke, of sorts, to a digital regime that had abandoned writing’s tactility.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Schomburg spent his life defying these prohibitions and erasures.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
The story is more one of quiet erasure.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 28 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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