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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Those deletions explain why 23andMe’s site temporarily went down when the company initially announced its bankruptcy filing.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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However, effective data retention and deletion (by design) are often never considered up front.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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But there was one glaring omission—the AI gave me two arms instead of one.—
Jessica Smith,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Yet, the omission of Egypt, the home country of the Boulder attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suggests potential inconsistencies in the policy's application.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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“Elision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elision. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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