Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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Especially for a people whose history includes persecution, attempts at erasure, and ongoing antisemitism, joy itself becomes a form of resilience.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Morrison never stopped thinking about the trick of evoking erasure and undoing it at the same time.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The numbers bear out this erasure.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
There is the bitter irony to consider that this literary erasure was done by the man who owns the largest bookselling entity on earth.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Morrison never stopped thinking about the trick of evoking erasure and undoing it at the same time.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The numbers bear out this erasure.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
There is the bitter irony to consider that this literary erasure was done by the man who owns the largest bookselling entity on earth.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 24 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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