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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elisions
  1. omissions
  2. deletions
Noun
  • Climate Week should be about honest solutions, not convenient omissions.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Specialty-specific patterns of language, documentation structure and billing nuance reduce the volume of the most consequential omissions.
    — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of omissions
Noun
  • Each of us likely differs from it at millions of bases in our genome, and most of us probably carry some combinations of insertions, deletions, duplications, and flipped sequences.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Voters should be very wary of the myriad changes and deletions resulting from these charter proposals.
    — Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of deletions

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“Elisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elisions. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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