eliding

present participle of elide
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Recent Examples of eliding There’s been a lot of the show skipping ahead lately — including the big jump at the start of this week’s episode, eliding the moment when Wendy was captured and brought back to the main facility. Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eliding
Verb
  • Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Paying monthly for storage from iCloud+ or Google gets old fast, and so does going through your camera roll and deleting photos to temporarily make space.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Simpson, the staff first chose this timeline, rather than cutting service entirely or shortening the season more, due to feedback from residents and members of the city's Senior Commission.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Once opened, air exposure and cross-contamination from utensils can introduce moisture and bacteria, shortening their shelf life.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Private equity firms are showing a great interest in buying into the NFL — the biggest and most profitable sports league in the world — and are boosting values by setting a floor on valuations and erasing concerns other limited partners may have had over liquidity, CNBC reported.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company and store owners sued, arguing players could use an optional preview feature, removing the element of chance.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • If the President believes that imposing, removing, or amending tariffs is an appropriate policy measure, Congress has given him tools to pursue those goals.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Eliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eliding. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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