elides

verb

present tense third-person singular of elide
1
as in deletes
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

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2
as in shortens
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 elides Telling the story this way elides, smooths over, and underestimates the role of circumstance and dumb luck. — Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 Unlike James or Ritchson, Courtney hasn’t the chops nor the charisma to fill in the characterization Hughes’s screenplay (cowritten with James Beaufort) elides. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elides
  1. deletes
  2. shortens
  3. erases
  4. curtails
  5. cancels
  6. removes
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  • Codify a rule stating that when an issuer deletes or consolidates a narrative risk factor to make room for precise financial mapping, that cleanup cannot be introduced as evidence of a material omission.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in cases where the data must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
Definition of deletes
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  • By stripping out parts and, crucially, reducing the number of unique parts, the company shortens manufacturing time, raises reliability, and drives down cost, all at once.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Unfiltered water, Adams insists, leads to sediment buildup in your water heater, which shortens its lifespan and lessens its heating efficiency.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
Definition of shortens
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  • Windows automatically erases them after 72 hours to prevent them from using too much disk space.
    — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
Definition of erases
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  • The structural design curtails the necessity for active safety mechanisms, electronic trip switches, or manual operator control interventions during an operational deviation.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • India’s neighbors are seeking additional fuel from New Delhi as the war in the Middle East curtails access to energy supplies from the Persian Gulf, giving Asia’s third-largest economy an opportunity to build goodwill across the region.
    — Swati Gupta, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of curtails
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  • To combat bots, Ticketmaster, the primary ticketing platform for many concerts, blocks automated software, identifies and shuts down fake accounts and cancels orders that violate its policies.
    — Sydney Goh, CNBC, 27 June 2026
  • If your airline cancels your flight, request a cash refund.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of cancels
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  • Laparoscopic excision surgery, in which a specialist carefully removes endometriosis lesions, is widely considered the gold-standard surgical treatment and can improve both pain and fertility outcomes.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
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