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erasure

[ih-rey-sher] / ɪˈreɪ ʃər /


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At the lows of this latest bear market, bitcoin had seen the erasure of more than 50% of its value compared with its October 2025 record high above $126,000.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The arrival of the state-of-the-art facility and erasure of a field that featured the name of Kennedy, according to a complaint obtained by The Times, has caused him “reputational harm,” “embarrassment” and “humiliation.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

It is a "gradual takeover of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and also further Judaisation of the place and erasure of its Islamic and religious character", he said.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

But each click would be its own small act of conscious erasure.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

“Peña, Robert. Memory erasure: fail. Reprogram: fail. Purged 10-28-2277.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

In his book, Mr. Gibbs focuses on problematic erasures and distortions that occur in a musicology based on European tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

But instead, the different modes tend to cancel one another out or interfere with one another, leaving the reader only more aware of gaps and erasures.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2023

How much money streamers save through these erasures is unclear.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2023

More common, however, are rough-edge rectangles made of brawny pencil strokes and dynamic cross-hatching and sometimes whitened by erasures and abrasions.

From Washington Post Jul. 8, 2022

Three drafts later, most of the scratch-outs and erasures eliminated, she finally put her pencil back in the box.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper




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