elide
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If he could elide and overlook his past disasters, the city would follow the same path—right?
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
But this kind of ludicrous fantasy allows Hegseth to elide the deep paradox of his argument.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
The director’s “inspired idea of showing the very thing that most movies either ignore or awkwardly elide — the passage of time — is its impressive, headline-making conceit,” she added.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023
MAK’s exhibition smartly recasts some of these dreamy accounts, which elide some of L.A.’s uglier historical episodes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022
He was keen to elide the differences between ancient Rome and his own London, as well as those between Verona and Canterbury.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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