as in deletion
something left out
unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of elision
Her lyrics, riddled with em-dashes and elisions, seem to map her spontaneous neural firing.
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Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025
A certain equilibrium is achieved in her tactical juxtaposition of refinement and rebellion, in the contrast between the acceptable and the taboo, in the elision of erotically graphic drawings and the delicate lines and watercolors with which they are elaborated.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Overweening expressions of ‘good’ taste often give rise to myopic elisions between public and private identities.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The contents of each article have not been rearranged, however, and all elisions have been clearly marked.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025
A certain equilibrium is achieved in her tactical juxtaposition of refinement and rebellion, in the contrast between the acceptable and the taboo, in the elision of erotically graphic drawings and the delicate lines and watercolors with which they are elaborated.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Overweening expressions of ‘good’ taste often give rise to myopic elisions between public and private identities.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The contents of each article have not been rearranged, however, and all elisions have been clearly marked.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elision
Noun
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In addition to creating a registry for these brokers, and implementing new mandatory fees for the registry, the bill also charges the state Department of Consumer Protection with creating a deletion mechanism that would let people remove their personal data from broker databases and websites.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Critics, however, link the deletions to broader political messaging by Modi and some BJP leaders, who have repeatedly suggested the revisions of the voter lists targeted people who immigrated illegally from neighboring Bangladesh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Experts also noted that DeepSeek made no reference to using Chinese chips during training, which is a notable omission given the broader push for technological self-sufficiency, and one that stands out as the model continues to lag behind leading US frontier systems.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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This blanket omission marked an astonishing reversal of fortune for Adjaye, who had been poised to become the profession’s next international superstar and seemed a shoo-in to win the coveted Pritzker Prize.—
Martin Filler,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Elision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elision. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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