Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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Clayton and Josephson cast their gazes over the social order, dismayed by constellations of inauthenticity and self-erasure.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Known since the late 1980s for using erasure as a concept, Simmons extends his practice here into an architectural scale, transforming the main gallery into a vast blackboard environment where images emerge, blur, and refuse to fully disappear.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2026
Burying my ancestors twice means refusing erasure.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Development without history is erasure.
—John W. Beacham, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Known since the late 1980s for using erasure as a concept, Simmons extends his practice here into an architectural scale, transforming the main gallery into a vast blackboard environment where images emerge, blur, and refuse to fully disappear.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2026
Burying my ancestors twice means refusing erasure.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Development without history is erasure.
—John W. Beacham, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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