elide

Example Sentences

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Their posture of complaint allows them to elide some pretty serious differences.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2025

But this kind of ludicrous fantasy allows Hegseth to elide the deep paradox of his argument.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

They needed to preserve the essential meaning of each element of the show, but also elide some of the more arcane details, and they needed to echo the musicality of the language.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

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

In letters that were passionate and practical by turns, they did whatever they could to elide the miles between them.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield