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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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Thirteen federal inmates were executed during Trump's first term, the most under any president in decades, but Biden halted executions after taking office in 2021.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The story mirrors the original, following a fresh batch of desperate have-nots competing in elementary school games with a sizable fortune for the winners and pitiless execution for the losers.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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The young man must have been watching the old videos of Shane Warne, Steve Waugh and Matthew Hayden using mental disintegration tactics.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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And might Trump parlay his ongoing disintegration into a spotlight-commanding spectacle?—
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24 Aug. 2024
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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, a renowned animal shelter, managed to care for thousands of pets, but the scale of the slaughter remains a dark chapter in Britain’s history.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bible scholar Peter Altmann of the evangelical Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., says comparing a president to any biblical figure involved in such a slaughter raises concerns for him.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
20 Jan. 2025
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And in September, following the second assassination attempt against Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, the governor announced the state was opening a criminal investigation into the matter.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s assassination of Iranian defense chief Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 has proved both Trump’s willingness to take risks with Iran and Tehran’s inability to do much about it.—
Ian Bremmer,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Yet, the memory of the massacre lingers, a testament to the unintended consequences of fear and misinformation.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hamas and its partners took hostages and killed more than 1,200 Israelis — the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.—
Edward Wong,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Now investigators in at least three countries, including the United States, are sorting through a rogues’ gallery of players, trying to determine how the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, 53, was carried out on July 7, 2021.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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He was charged in the additional killings of 18-year-old Jill Barcomb, 21-year-old Jill Parenteau, 27-year-old Georgia Wixted and 32-year-old Charlotte Lamb after new DNA evidence connected him to the victims.—
Mollie Markowitz,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Not a general book on life after marital dissolution, or one about Meghan's past experience.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Several members of the coalition have repeatedly threatened to abandon the coalition if a deal was finalized – a move that would likely prompt the dissolution of Netanyahu's current government.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Effacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effacement. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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