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as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
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as in shortened
to make less in extent or duration
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
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Recent Examples of elided
The house’s official accounts elided her relationship with Tate, inspiring the activist group the Lesbian Avengers to stage a protest outside of it in the nineties.
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Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
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The messages between Carillo and Juaritoz were friendly, explains Szulc, who reviewed the account before it was deleted.—
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Is it deleted at regular intervals?—
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The timeframe for the festival was also shortened this year from two weeks to one week as a result of the convention center closure.—
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Chun and his successor Roh, whose two-decade initial prison term was also shortened, both received presidential pardons a few years later.—
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What happens when these cues are greatly diminished or erased either by plastic surgery or other aesthetic interventions?—
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But the movement to force women and girls to compete against transgender women forces females to ignore these differences and be erased.—
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In 2024, during her presidential campaign, Harris urged Congress to pass a bill that would have curtailed investors from buying large numbers of single-family rental homes.—
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An equipment problem Wednesday morning that curtailed power to BART’s electric third rail caused the closure of a portion of one of its travel lines for about 95 minutes, officials said.—
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Social workers will give the suitcases to children who are removed from home or moved from place to place, kids who travel on field trips, or reunite with family.—
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He was removed by federal agents, who made entry into the residence and took the person to an ambulance.—
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“Elided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elided. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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