ELIDING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

eliding

verb

present participle of elide

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

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stetting

as in shortening

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 eliding There’s something irresistibly oozy about Tommy Lee Jones as Frog, eliding the spaces between his words so that every sentence becomes a song. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 Rather than eliding them, Carson ends up bringing attention to these absences – an utterly distinctive choice. — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Also unlikely is the possibility of Apple eliding a Release Candidate from the process. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 Both Kyrgios, 30, and Sabalenka, 27 spent the build-up focused on the entertainment value of the contest, eliding criticism of the event’s impact on women’s tennis and tennis at large. — James Hansen, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026 But this picture of the American electricity sector is incomplete, eliding the interests of the utilities themselves. — Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

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Verb

Before any big step, like sending a payment or deleting something, Claude Duet messages you for approval.

— Jay Peters, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
Her concern stems from the claim by the powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, who first said the voter revision would be aimed at detecting, deleting and deporting infiltrators.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deleting

Verb

Anthropic also observed models using URL-shortening services to work around limits designed to restrict certain web requests.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
As an investor at Point72, the hedge fund of billionaire Steve Cohen, Shaffer watched Wall Street turn private fund shares into digital tokens without shortening investors’ waits to cash out.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortening

Verb

Cincinnati kept pouring it on after erasing the 13-0 deficit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
In the bottom of the sixth, Sal Frelick led off the inning with a lefty-on-lefty solo homer off Ian Seymour in a nine-pitch at-bat, completely erasing the deficit.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of erasing

Verb

Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric scored the club's 1,000th Bundesliga goal, and Alexander Prass was sent off after removing his shirt to celebrate his goal while already booked.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The takeaway here is that removing debris from orbit requires careful planning.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of removing

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