ELIDES Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

elides

verb

present tense third-person singular of elide

as in deletes

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

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stets

as in shortens

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 elides Unlike James or Ritchson, Courtney hasn’t the chops nor the charisma to fill in the characterization Hughes’s screenplay (cowritten with James Beaufort) elides. —

Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026 Telling the story this way elides, smooths over, and underestimates the role of circumstance and dumb luck. —

Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural. —

Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025

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Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in cases where the data must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
Carrie makes the internal transfer on the system, moving me from my old role to my new one, ‘accidentally’ deletes the job listing from the website, and then rescues my employee profile from the digital abyss.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026