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as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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 shortened
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 elided
Long Lance elided the Black in favor of the Native.
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David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
The house’s official accounts elided her relationship with Tate, inspiring the activist group the Lesbian Avengers to stage a protest outside of it in the nineties.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
The house’s official accounts elided her relationship with Tate, inspiring the activist group the Lesbian Avengers to stage a protest outside of it in the nineties.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elided
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The station has since deleted social media videos that mentioned the ransom demand and removed the number from its online article.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Deloitte’s consumer survey showed that almost a quarter of respondents who deleted social apps reported these apps had negatively impacted their mental health and consumed too much of their time.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Gass said Levi’s has already shortened its end-to-end lead time by a few months and is now focused on creating different tracks of products.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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Many area businesses shortened their hours and donated portions of their sales to organizations in Minnesota, the center of an ICE surge.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The latest dip pushes bitcoin to its lowest level since late 2024 and extends a months-long downturn that’s erased nearly half its value since October.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many of those original roads have faded away, swallowed by high-speed highways or erased by suburban expansion.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) predicted in a 2025 document that the data center’s tax revenues—even while heavily curtailed by those tax breaks—would bring in over $22 million each year for the next 20 years.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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The elimination of women's studies comes as other universities have curtailed or ended such programs in recent years, including The University of Iowa, Wichita State University in Kansas and the University of California, Santa Cruz.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2026
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Law enforcement officers had removed the mouth of the irrigation tube diverting water from a nearby creek, but all the piping remained.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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By Wednesday morning, investigators had left the residence, the scene was cleared, and police tape had been removed.—
Bradford Betz , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Elided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elided. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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