erasure

Example Sentences

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The erasure of gay Black Hollywood is really the point of this imaginatively crafted, stunningly tense, historically significant sophomore novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Henry Giroux, social theorist and author of “Assassins of Memory,” a book that examines the politics of erasure, was not surprised.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

The hearing concluded that erasure from the medical register was the only suitable option, given that her behaviour was "fundamentally incompatible with her continued registration as a doctor."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Carthage’s deeper tragedy lies in the subsequent erasure of its history, language and culture, not in its physical destruction, which befalls all empires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.

From "1984" by George Orwell