elisions

plural of elision

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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