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accidental erasure of the tape
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The erasure will not be nearly as successful this time around.
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
State of play: In the hours following the trade, Heat fan pages weren't posting videos of jersey burnings or other acts of erasure.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The erasure of the public resources and information occurred during a period of transition at the agency, with confirmation votes still pending for Attorney General-nominee Pam Bondi and FBI Director-nominee Kash Patel.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2025
The plenitude of works on display alternated with a history of partial erasure.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
State of play: In the hours following the trade, Heat fan pages weren't posting videos of jersey burnings or other acts of erasure.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The erasure of the public resources and information occurred during a period of transition at the agency, with confirmation votes still pending for Attorney General-nominee Pam Bondi and FBI Director-nominee Kash Patel.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2025
The plenitude of works on display alternated with a history of partial erasure.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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