elision

Example Sentences

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It’s too bad that some of this enlightenment is achieved through huge elisions and license in relating what is still a contested history.

From New York Times

But especially as the book progresses, the authors slip into cursory rewrites of well-known history and other elisions that, while sometimes small, nevertheless undermine their credibility.

From Washington Post

The woman is Ruhaba Khan, a Pakistani law professor whose voice comes to us only in her emails — an intriguing elision not unlike the titular character’s from “Lolita.”

From New York Times

I saw this elision as a form of commentary on a right-wing government that distracts attention from its failures with demagogic appeals to religion and tribe.

From Los Angeles Times

What are the contradictions and elisions that emerge?

From Los Angeles Times