as in removals
an act of erasing something
accidental erasure of the tape
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Recent Examples of erasures
Other red flags are alterations, cross-outs or erasures.
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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
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
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However, the 94-page complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court, alleged ACS is violating the constitutional rights of mostly families of color by relying on emergency removals in cases that are not true emergencies.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Larissa MacFarquhar reports on a new class-action lawsuit that is challenging these emergency removals.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
28 May 2026
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The return of Rachel Reilly was gloriously entertaining, there was no static majority alliance simply mowing down the opposition, and there were griping eliminations along the way.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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However, the university had initially projected that as many as 150 positions could be impacted through a combination of vacancy eliminations, retirements, and layoffs.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Hinds said he's had multiple cancellations as customers do their own math on gas prices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 June 2026
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The aerospace sector has become very sensitive to energy prices and the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz because jet fuel supply shortages have led to flight cancellations.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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“Erasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasures. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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