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 Citizens removals mostly stem from a years-long effort by state leaders to reduce the public company’s size.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
  • According to immigration lawyers and advocates, third-country removals are rare, though not new.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Week-one eliminations seem wholly unfair, but Dancing With the Stars is nothing if not cutthroat as hell.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The pair were ultimately not eliminated — season 35 is the first time since 2018 that DWTS brought back eliminations during premiere week — but Carson had some choice words for the judges and their scores.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Flight controllers can establish precise safety thresholds to reduce unnecessary launch cancellations in cloudy or light-rain conditions, minimizing costly operational delays.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Visitors with reservations during the closure will be notified of cancellations and receive a refund or an alternate ferry trip by Alcatraz City Cruises.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Erasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasures. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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