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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Noun
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But with otherwise such strong access to McCartney alongside this wealth of archival clips, the omissions or glossed over subjects — one assumes at McCartney’s behest — while present, never feel glaring.—
Caleb Hammond,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025 -
These omissions include Antonio Banderas, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025
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None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Among other deletions, the reports do not include accounts from individual abuse survivors or witnesses.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Elisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elisions. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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