effacement

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Recent Examples of effacement Hoss runs the gamut of emotions, from love and vulnerability through anger and grief, to a steely resolve that belies the superficial self-effacement. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022 For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities. Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022 One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022 Such self-effacement is another reason why Britt has struck a chord with so many of his professional collaborators and students. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for effacement
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Noun
  • Death by a firing squad is an option in Idaho, although the state hasn’t carried out an execution since 2012.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • The country last carried out executions in July 2016, including executing three foreign citizens, according to the outlet.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • At the time, analysts in Washington were predicting the disintegration of Peru as a nation.
    Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Becca’s disintegration emphasizes the parts of her that endure; the avatar, on the other hand, is a parody of that real flesh, an uncanny and malevolent imitation.
    Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Because the world keeps beginning and ending the same way, with the slaughter of the innocent, with the massacre of the blameless, and there’s not a thing anyone can do.
    Li-Young Lee, The Atlantic, 11 May 2025
  • Even after the slaughter of the animal, there’s no restitution for its owner or the audience.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Highlighting this is likely the key reason why Zelensky suggested a personal meeting with Putin, who, according to Ukrainian and Western intelligence services, had previously ordered his assassination.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • After King’s assassination, the motel struggled, closed, then reemerged in 1991 as the National Civil Rights Museum, now widely praised.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Raphael is a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 Nova Festival massacre in Israel, which was part of a surprise attack in which Hamas raiders murdered more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 men, women and children.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2025
  • India accused Pakistan of backing the militants who carried out the massacre, an allegation Islamabad denied.
    Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Femicide is the killing of women and girls because of their gender, according to the European Institute for Gender Equality.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Investigators had connected him to a white vehicle seen near the killings, DNA recovered from a tan leather knife sheath found near Mogen’s body and his cell phone location data near the home, according to court documents.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The dissolution of the PKK raises a host of questions for the Islamist government of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the pro-American Kurdish forces (YPG) in northern Syrian who helped defeat the Islamist State terrorist movement.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
  • More broadly, the dissolution of the foreign aid program is a significant example of a broader trend the administration is pursuing: sacrificing soft power for hard power.
    Time, Time, 12 May 2025

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“Effacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effacement. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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