as in removal
an act of erasing something
accidental erasure of the tape
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Recent Examples of erasure
This weird erasure of Kobe Bryant's time as the best basketball player on the planet is kind of odd.
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Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
What had once felt like discipline started to feel more like self-erasure.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The hard work is going to be undoing centuries of religious, epistemic, political, and cultural erasure, and that’s up to humans.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
In the nation’s fastest-gentrifying city, Black DC refuses quiet erasure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
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Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
What had once felt like discipline started to feel more like self-erasure.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The hard work is going to be undoing centuries of religious, epistemic, political, and cultural erasure, and that’s up to humans.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
In the nation’s fastest-gentrifying city, Black DC refuses quiet erasure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erasure
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But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Environmental advocates say the removal left communities in the dark about chemical risks in their backyards.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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With two outs in the 10th inning, Makoa Sniffen drove in Cody Kashimoto on a walk-off single off UCLA reliever Easton Hawk to lift Saint Mary’s to a 6-5 comeback win Sunday in a Los Angeles Regional elimination game at Jackie Robinson Stadium.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The Sooners also rallied from six runs down to defeat Georgia Tech 15-8 on Sunday, forcing Monday’s elimination game.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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José Palma, national coordinator of the National TPS Alliance — an advocacy group that has fought in federal courts against the cancellation of TPS for several countries—welcomed the extension of protections for the Lebanese.—
Gisela Salomon,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years.—
Ronald Blum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasure. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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