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accidental erasure of the tape
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Students should be encouraged to think historically, Zavala said, and to approach larger themes of colonization, erasure, power and to reflect on the way movements are shaped and the contradictions that occur within them.
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Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
The work-stoppage resulted in the cancellation of that fall’s World Series—a high-profile erasure the likes of which had happened only once before … in 1904.
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This erasure can be so successful that some characters are unimaginable with a sibling.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Longtime residents and merchants of different nationalities and ethnic groups viewed the renaming as erasure of their multi-ethnic community’s identity.
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Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
The work-stoppage resulted in the cancellation of that fall’s World Series—a high-profile erasure the likes of which had happened only once before … in 1904.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
This erasure can be so successful that some characters are unimaginable with a sibling.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Longtime residents and merchants of different nationalities and ethnic groups viewed the renaming as erasure of their multi-ethnic community’s identity.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
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 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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