erasure

Example Sentences

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But each click would be its own small act of conscious erasure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Houda Fonone, a Moroccan model and content creator who advocates for more authentic representations of black women, says the trend is about "erasure".

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Henry Giroux, social theorist and author of “Assassins of Memory,” a book that examines the politics of erasure, was not surprised.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Harmonia Rosales’ Black figurative paintings combine Eurocentric artistic traditions with African diasporic cosmologies as a way to course-correct the historical erasure of Black images from classical narratives.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“Peña, Robert. Memory erasure: fail. Reprogram: fail. Purged 10-28-2277.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera