erasures

plural of erasure

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Recent Examples of erasures That’s converting a loss into an erasure, and erasures are much cheaper to correct than silent errors. John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Erroneous erasures In April, a Slack channel for moderators of the r/AskHistorians Reddit community was usually busy. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 Other red flags are alterations, cross-outs or erasures. Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Schomburg spent his life defying these prohibitions and erasures. Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026 Then, amid the pandemic, my research on cultural destruction was suddenly everywhere as Azerbaijan launched a war in our ancestral homeland—fought in the shadow of erasures like Djulfa. Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erasures
Noun
  • The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Massachusetts voters rejected income tax eliminations in 2002 and 2008 that were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The episodes follow a Bachelor-like format with dates, drama and eliminations.
    Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In his statement on social media, Macklemore said that last week, Kraft called Sheeran with directions to either drop him or face venue cancelations.
    Matt Moret, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Non-refundable airfare may allow cancellations or changes, but the refund is granted as a travel credit or voucher.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Erasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasures. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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