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Erasures reinforce the fact that there is true human effort behind the adventures of this larger-than-life hero.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2017

Erasures alone only indicate certain types of misconduct, as when answers are changed after a test.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2010

But never had there been a case as complex and fraught with such grave worldly consequences as The Case of the Strange Erasures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Erasures on papyrus were difficult, if not impossible, and therefore other means of correction had to be used.

From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Erasures in parchments produce prominences on the opposite side of the sheet.

From Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds by Lavay, Jerome Buell