elision
noun
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
elisions
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pluralof elision.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It’s frank, intimate, poetic in its elisions and profoundly haunting in its effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
This notion of time as both fixed and fluid extends into the mechanics of the collection: the line breaks, elisions and susurrations, the position of the words on the page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
But belief often requires a leap of faith, or in this case, a set of elisions, some false equivalencies, and a few fatuities, all of which make this book hopelessly muddled.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
But especially as the book progresses, the authors slip into cursory rewrites of well-known history and other elisions that, while sometimes small, nevertheless undermine their credibility.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
And no less does the ear repudiate all other violent elisions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
