elide

Example Sentences

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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

It’s about ensuring that we don’t elide the facts of incarceration — the enormity of its scale and impact.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

The emotional truths swirl, elide and reveal themselves in Billy Porter’s directorial debut, “Anything’s Possible.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2022

One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton