erasure
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At the lows of this latest bear market, bitcoin had seen the erasure of more than 50% of its value compared with its October 2025 record high above $126,000.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The arrival of the state-of-the-art facility and erasure of a field that featured the name of Kennedy, according to a complaint obtained by The Times, has caused him “reputational harm,” “embarrassment” and “humiliation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It is a "gradual takeover of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and also further Judaisation of the place and erasure of its Islamic and religious character", he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
For Tibetan Buddhism, in which language is inseparable from culture and community, this amounts to state-directed erasure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.
From "1984" by George Orwell
In his book, Mr. Gibbs focuses on problematic erasures and distortions that occur in a musicology based on European tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
And erasures … We need to find new ways of being in solidarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
How much money streamers save through these erasures is unclear.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
If you can solve that one, you’re probably the right kind of audience for “Textplay,” a witty two-character, no-actor sketch, conducted entirely in the world’s latest lingua franca, complete with emojis, emoticons, ellipses and erasures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
The lettering was minute, but jet-black and passionately legible, if just a trifle fancy in spots, and without blots or erasures.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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