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
With his trademark narrative economy, the writer-director elides any trace of superfluous exposition, briskly establishing what’s at stake for both of his main characters and then continually turning the screws to up those stakes.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
As the title suggests, the movie is centered on an individual, but Zhang elides many of the salient elements of that character’s psychology.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Whereas Biden and congressional Democrats have strained to elide these inconsistencies, Trump and his fellow Republicans, most of whom have already abandoned even the pretense of support for a two-state solution, can simply ignore these contradictions altogether.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Such interpretations elide the actual history of populism in America.
—Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
As the title suggests, the movie is centered on an individual, but Zhang elides many of the salient elements of that character’s psychology.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Whereas Biden and congressional Democrats have strained to elide these inconsistencies, Trump and his fellow Republicans, most of whom have already abandoned even the pretense of support for a two-state solution, can simply ignore these contradictions altogether.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Such interpretations elide the actual history of populism in America.
—Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit, TIME, 4 Jan. 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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