ELIDED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

elided

verb

past tense of elide

as in deleted

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

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stetted

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long

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Recent Examples of elided That may be true in universities where the evaluative component is elided because the literature being discussed has been canonized. — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 But the Black community’s politics—for that matter, politics in any practical sense—is entirely elided. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Starry is propelled by my real and personal anger that these women’s contributions to the genre have been minimized or elided altogether. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 Long Lance elided the Black in favor of the Native. — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026

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Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Matching records, including inferences, generally must be deleted unless an exception applies.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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Mattingly, 65, will take the reins ahead of the 2027 season, which could be at risk of being delayed or shortened pending negotiations of MLB's collective bargaining agreement, CBS Sports reports.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
In November 1959, President Ben-Zvi shortened the sentences of the last two men still in prison, Shmuel Malinki and Gavriel Dahan.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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Zelensky also repeated that the Ukrainian military’s access to the Starlink system to guide its short-range and battlefield drones was still curtailed.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Energy drove a sizable chunk of those increases as the Middle East conflict curtailed oil supply and sent prices surging.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of curtailed

Verb

And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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