elided; eliding
1
a
: to suppress or alter (something, such as a vowel or syllable) by elision
b
: to strike out (something, such as a written word)
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Examples of elide in a Sentence
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
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Children, hilariously, just sort of turn up, as romance is entirely elided but parentage is always clear.
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Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2024
The idea behind the project was to ensure an accurate historical record and, less centrally, to allow for the accountability and closure that the Good Friday Agreement had understandably elided in the name of more immediate peace.
—Jonathan Stevenson, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2019
Those claims elide the major military escalations in Iraq, Syria, and Somalia that took place under his tenure, as well as risky actions like the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, which prompted an Iranian missile strike on US troops in Iraq.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
In this book, that piece of the puzzle, rather than being fleshed out in flashback, is, except for particular incidents around Carl’s kidnapping, completely elided.
—Cat Zhang, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2024
The idea behind the project was to ensure an accurate historical record and, less centrally, to allow for the accountability and closure that the Good Friday Agreement had understandably elided in the name of more immediate peace.
—Jonathan Stevenson, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2019
Those claims elide the major military escalations in Iraq, Syria, and Somalia that took place under his tenure, as well as risky actions like the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, which prompted an Iranian missile strike on US troops in Iraq.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
In this book, that piece of the puzzle, rather than being fleshed out in flashback, is, except for particular incidents around Carl’s kidnapping, completely elided.
—Cat Zhang, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elide. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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