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Recent Examples of effacement
Hoss runs the gamut of emotions, from love and vulnerability through anger and grief, to a steely resolve that belies the superficial self-effacement.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
The Vandewater performs a similar act of semi-self-effacement.
—Curbed, 18 Aug. 2022
For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities.
—Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
The Vandewater performs a similar act of semi-self-effacement.
—Curbed, 18 Aug. 2022
For the aging athlete to continue grinding away, even as their physical prowess begins to fail them, is in some ways a noble act of self-effacement, an abandonment of personal vanity, a repayment of the karmic debt of their natural abilities.
—Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effacement
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Bless also integrates adaptive verification methods, such as weighted averages for data retrieval and consensus mechanisms for complex tasks, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and seamless execution across a diverse computing network.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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This level of visibility can not only keep you accountable but also reinforce the connection between identity, execution and results.—
Jim Becker,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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No tears and screaming matches are forthcoming: With swift, calmly devastating strokes of omission, Li and editor Qin Yanan articulate the cruelly passive disintegration of a relationship while Yu is in physical turmoil.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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That stress widens and deepens the crevasses that Chudley studied—a feedback cycle that could speed the disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2025
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Fatted calves for eventual psychic sacrificial slaughter?—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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The outbreak has resulted in the slaughter of millions of hens in an effort to curb the spread, resulting in higher egg prices.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The hazy track, produced by DZL and Omen, sees Cole rapping about the danger of AI and the assassination attempt on Donald Trump last year in Philadelphia.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bannon was a major influence on Trump’s winning 2016 campaign, while Musk has mostly come around to Trump within the past year, especially after the July 2024 assassination attempt against the president’s life.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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The tipster said a friend had access to an AR-15 rifle, had just ordered a bulletproof vest and admired Nikolas Cruz, who carried out a February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three school staff members.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The actual site of the massacre, however, has been relegated to history books.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ten years ago, Carlton Mackey, like much of the country’s Black population, was overwhelmed with media images of death, anger and unrest in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing.—
Char Adams,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Penny was acquitted last year in the 2023 killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Marsh said the faculty was promised a conversation about the dissolution of the school.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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And then, with the dissolution of Stewart-Haas Racing this past offseason, THR acquired one of SHR’s former four Cup charters and signed SVG to the open car.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Effacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effacement. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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