elide
verb (used with object)
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
elides
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present tense formof elide (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And though Rivera is perhaps best known for shooting L.A.’s queer Latino underground, he elides any simplistic categorizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
But she elides the evidence that college-educated fathers spend far more time with their children than men did a generation ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
This matter-of-fact description of how Dingell lost his gavel is Pelosi, and much of her book, in a nutshell, in how it elides the grisly details.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2024
Kushner, of course, conveniently elides the fact that this unusual access was primarily the inevitable result of his marriage to the president’s daughter.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
To us, the sound of the horn elides from high frequencies to low.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
