Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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Then, amid the pandemic, my research on cultural destruction was suddenly everywhere as Azerbaijan launched a war in our ancestral homeland—fought in the shadow of erasures like Djulfa.
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Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Some sort of protective legislation is similarly necessary regarding the boundaries of a human-AI relationship, your privacy rights when an AI companion lives in your home and whether there is a protection against erasure.
—Lori Andrews, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Some sort of protective legislation is similarly necessary regarding the boundaries of a human-AI relationship, your privacy rights when an AI companion lives in your home and whether there is a protection against erasure.
—Lori Andrews, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 4 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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