elision
Example Sentences
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Whatever its causes in the real world, the elision in the book is an unforgivable flaw, a black hole at its center.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022
The May 11 KidsPost article “How to be daring on Eat What You Want Day” contained an amazing elision.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2022
Strange too the elision of the questions Roth asked of himself, or rather, put in the mouth of his character Zuckerman in his autobiography “Facts.”
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2021
Late in Uncanny Valley, Wiener seems to make a specific argument about her adventures in elision.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2020
This rather deliberate elision of Fermi’s role in neutron research was the prelude to a pitch for $2,250 “to increase the yield of neutron radiation tenfold or more.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
