as in deletion
something left out
unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of elision
Such elisions may be understandable, but the hearings are over.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elision
Noun
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The evidence leans toward the account being American, but the deletion leaves some uncertainty.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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By 2016, researchers were specifically editing in deletions of imprinted genes in order to allow the creation of embryos by fusing stem cell lines that only had a single set of chromosomes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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She was also named in the competition’s team of the season, but was a notable omission from the Ballon d’Or list that year.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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The reasons for their omission range from scheduling conflicts and creative choices to death (of the character, not the actor).—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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“Elision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elision. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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