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Recent Examples of elision Such elisions may be understandable, but the hearings are over. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 These two work by means of elision and ellipsis, unfolding in sections separated by roughly 20 years. Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024 Threaded with observations about the nature of Vietnam’s colonial history and its aftermath, the novel is also an appraisal of memory and elision. The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Presumably Gibson’s very bad behavior on several occasions — including instances of antisemitic, racist and misogynistic remarks — is the reason for this elision. Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elision
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Noun
  • The deletion of a single DNA base (an adenine) shifts the frame of the three-sequence protein code for the rest of EspW.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
  • The documents alleged that, while the company was being investigated, Lewis had approved a plan that resulted in the deletion of millions of e-mails from News International’s servers.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Standardizing these practices across the organization can minimize omissions and bolster defensibility, ensuring that every report is readily accessible during audits or regulatory reviews. 6.
    Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Those recent omissions are just the latest test in a career of proving sceptics wrong.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 12 May 2025

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“Elision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elision. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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