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accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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This erasure of language goes hand in hand with a broader campaign to control what Americans can read and learn.
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Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Georgia’s Republican Representative Andrew Clyde called for the renaming of Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza and the erasure of the yellow mural with the movement’s name.
—Karsten Moran, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The potential death of DEI will exacerbate the erasure of neurodivergent people.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Her work seeks to push back on the way that Black life is erased from stories of Islam in America—an erasure sometimes done by Muslim Americans themselves, especially from immigrant backgrounds.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Georgia’s Republican Representative Andrew Clyde called for the renaming of Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza and the erasure of the yellow mural with the movement’s name.
—Karsten Moran, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The potential death of DEI will exacerbate the erasure of neurodivergent people.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Her work seeks to push back on the way that Black life is erased from stories of Islam in America—an erasure sometimes done by Muslim Americans themselves, especially from immigrant backgrounds.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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