efface

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Recent Examples of efface The white exterior peered at me with flat orifices obscured through the mist, barely distinguishable from the dark sky behind it, as though all the world beyond the dome was cut from the same slab, only slightly effaced. Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024 The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns. Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024 Boosters of the seed vault sustain the logic of their effort in part by effacing the embarrassment of the flood. Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 Beijing has also routinely sent ships and aircraft across the median line running through the Taiwan Strait, effacing a de facto boundary that was defined in 1955. Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for efface
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Verb
  • The reported probe adds to a string of recent setbacks for the healthcare conglomerate that has erased more than half, or over $300 billion, from its market value since November, when shares were trading at record highs.
    Sneha S.K, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Even so, the change in staffing of the longstanding skycap service erases yet another defining feature that has differentiated Southwest from its rivals, says airline industry expert Henry Harteveldt.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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  • Guy Gooder, a graphic designer and the district’s community service project chair, said Edwards did not stick to the topic he was given and insulted the Rotarians by attacking federal agencies the organization works closely with to eradicate polio.
    Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
  • Over its final 20 years, the Gates Foundation will focus on ending preventable childbirth deaths, eradicate deadly infectious diseases, and lifting people out of poverty, among its other goals, the foundation’s statement said.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • More news to know now The acting FEMA administrator was replaced after contradicting Trump on abolishing the agency.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • In February 1987, Sir Joseph Cantley found the club and county council, by then abolished, two-thirds and one-third responsible.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025

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“Efface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efface. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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