elision

Example Sentences

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It’s too bad that some of this enlightenment is achieved through huge elisions and license in relating what is still a contested history.

From New York Times

The woman is Ruhaba Khan, a Pakistani law professor whose voice comes to us only in her emails — an intriguing elision not unlike the titular character’s from “Lolita.”

From New York Times

I saw this elision as a form of commentary on a right-wing government that distracts attention from its failures with demagogic appeals to religion and tribe.

From Los Angeles Times

What are the contradictions and elisions that emerge?

From Los Angeles Times

Like Martel, Wells knows the power of narrative elision: “Aftersun” may be a feature-length flashback, but apart from a few lyrical framing elements, its story unfolds in a spare, self-contained present tense.

From Los Angeles Times