elided; eliding
1
a
: to suppress or alter (something, such as a vowel or syllable) by elision
b
: to strike out (something, such as a written word)
Examples of elide in a Sentence
some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable
the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long
Recent Examples on the Web
The problem is that NPR’s federal funding mechanism elides its demographic’s finite cultural position with aspirational claims about what ‘enrich[es] man’s spirit’ nationwide.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The 2006 film Superman Returns also elides the classic mantra.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
The talk elided any reference to the mechanics of reproduction—this was not the talk—but was an otherwise wide-ranging explication of the subject matter, drawing on the Book of Genesis, personal observations, and popular mythology.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Trump presents himself as pro-business by eliding the difference between Big Business and small businesses.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The 2006 film Superman Returns also elides the classic mantra.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
The talk elided any reference to the mechanics of reproduction—this was not the talk—but was an otherwise wide-ranging explication of the subject matter, drawing on the Book of Genesis, personal observations, and popular mythology.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Trump presents himself as pro-business by eliding the difference between Big Business and small businesses.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for elide
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“Elide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elide. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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