excised

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As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Simi Valley was excised from the district, while Hidden Hills, parts of Palmdale, Lancaster and nearby high-desert areas were added to the district.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The studio version, too, has been excised from the set’s remix of “Some Time in New York City.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Washington’s analysis in this excised section pivots to a cautious optimism about large republics—at a time when the United States territory extended only to the Mississippi River.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025

Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee