ELISIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

elisions

noun

plural of elision

as in omissions

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 elisions Unsigned elisions, contractions. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

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However, other research highlights AI's propensity for hallucinations, harmful omissions, and poor performance in unstructured, real-world medical cases.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
While the re-edited version is only four to five minutes shorter, omissions, additions, and restructuring supply a better narrative flow between the concurrent story threads.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

Definition of omissions

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Because of the randomness of some of these things and complexities like deletions, many of the individual inferences about history will be wrong.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
The embryos Egli’s team edited had no chromosomal abnormalities or large deletions and few small changes, according to the preprint.

— Laura Dattaro, Scientific American, 10 June 2026

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