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as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
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as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
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Recent Examples of elide
Bodies affix and then elide, so soon forgotten, each day—impossibility.
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J. Mae Barizo, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Author Williams implicitly elides the distinction.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
Such interpretations elide the actual history of populism in America.
—Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
Their arguments elide the fact that the enemy gets a vote, too, and may decide to confront the United States simultaneously on multiple fronts, at which point allies become more valuable than ever.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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J. Mae Barizo, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Author Williams implicitly elides the distinction.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
Such interpretations elide the actual history of populism in America.
—Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
Their arguments elide the fact that the enemy gets a vote, too, and may decide to confront the United States simultaneously on multiple fronts, at which point allies become more valuable than ever.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elide
Verb
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As part of your audit, delete and stop making posts complaining about specific employers or name-shaming.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Since Rowling did not remove the trans user’s information in the screenshot that went out to her 14 million followers, that user is subsequently inundated with transphobic harassment and ultimately deletes their Twitter account.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
18 Apr. 2025
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Why the wrong spot can shorten the shelf life of your eggs.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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In the 2000s, several countries shortened the tenure of their central banks’ governors to four or five years.—
Ana Carolina Garriga,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the Yankees made two errors in the game, a pickoff play between Fried and Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second base erased a two-base mistake from Oswaldo Cabrera in the fourth.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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Recently organized boycotts against corporations that have substantially curtailed their DEI efforts, like Target, have been effective and provide environmentalists with a powerful blueprint to follow.—
Jerel Ezell,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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But critics have questioned why the church, historically a defender of human rights and Christian values, would willingly join forces with the Chinese government, which under leader Xi Jinping has further curtailed religious freedom.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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Trump skipped three times during his last presidency (the 2020 affair was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic).—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Three firms have sued, arguing that the orders abridge constitutional rights to free speech, due process, and assistance of counsel.—
Henry Gass,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Apr. 2025
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Establishing spheres of influence involves a dominant power abridging the sovereignty of geographically proximate states—as Trump is seeking to do with Canada, Greenland, and Mexico and as China is attempting with Taiwan.—
Monica Duffy Toft,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elide. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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