erasure

Example Sentences

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Cabinet officials come and go, but the near-immediate removal of Bondi’s image signaled something closer to erasure than transition, a rapid closing of ranks inside a department that had already been under pressure.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 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

"New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history," he wrote on X.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

That longstanding erasure has made Natchez a less commercially friendly prospect to younger generations of visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

“The permanent erasure of my family’s debts to you so that I’m free to leave the Night Zoo forever,” said Koffi immediately.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray