elides

present tense third-person singular of elide

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Recent Examples of elides Anderson doesn’t take it that far, but rather elides further exploration. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elides
Verb
  • In contrast, lossy audio is a compressed file format that deletes some of the original audio information.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • BuzzFeed deletes the post and makes an attempt at an apology that gets deleted quickly.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Such heat shortens the parasite’s incubation time inside mosquitoes, increasing the odds of transmission.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And while vitamin C is essential for immune function, the evidence is mixed on whether taking Emergen-C shortens the length and severity of colds.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Undue’s bulk purchase of debt affords them a substantial discount, so every donor dollar erases around $100 in debt.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Whereas Jonathan Greenard is a game-wrecker against the run and pass, and Van Ginkel erases most screens and outlet passes to the perimeter, Turner isn’t that type of guy right now.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Where To Stay in Martin County With a strict ban on buildings over four stories, the Treasure Coast curtails the kind of over development that can choke out some Florida beach towns.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That curtails with previous reporting from Fortune showing how high housing costs and other life expenses have forced Gen Z and millennials to delay the American Dream.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miami cancels school, orders state of emergency About 10 minutes to the west, the community of Miami was also recovering from intense flooding.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own!
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • First, washing the resulting powder with water removes soluble lithium salts created during the thermal reaction, recovering more than 60% of the total lithium.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The Republican president’s directive removes one of the pressure points that could have forced Congress into action, likely ensuring that the shutdown — now in its 11th day and counting — extends into a third week and possibly beyond.
    Fortune, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Elides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elides. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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