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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Still, the omissions are striking as social media influencers, Letterboxd users, YouTube critics, true crime obsessives, and more power players in eventizing contemporary nightmares go unscathed.
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The most obvious omissions range from a whole sister named Janet to his musical mentor and producer Quincy Jones' entire personality.
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The embryos Egli’s team edited had no chromosomal abnormalities or large deletions and few small changes, according to the preprint.
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These apps have been deleted by Google from its store, but are a good illustration of why users need to be warned, to ensure all Play Store app deletions are mirrored.
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“Elisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elisions. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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