ERASURES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

erasures

noun

plural of erasure

as in removals

an act of erasing something accidental erasure of the tape

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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 Cosmic rays and solar flares can damage electronic components, causing errors or outright erasures on hard disks and other traditional data storage systems. — Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Oct. 2024

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Noun

Georgiev-Remmel told the court there was no specific date set to carry out any removals.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Hegseth has justified those removals in the vaguest of terms, which has convinced most observers that the real reason amounts to little more than because these officers followed the lawful orders of the previous administration.

— Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of removals

Noun

The contestants have faced auditions, runway challenges and eliminations, with viewers getting a look at the casting process that has historically taken place behind closed doors.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Since the premiere of season 35 of DWTS, Carson, 32, and her partner Guillermo Rodriguez have been among the last three couples standing during the show’s eliminations.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of eliminations

Noun

Brown’s legal troubles in London also prompted cancellations last month.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
In a Tuesday note to clients, JPMorgan wrote that if any delays or cancellations were to occur, GE Vernova could shift the order to waiting customers.

— Jeff Marks,Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of cancellations

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