Examples of erasure in a Sentence
accidental erasure of the tape
There were many errors and erasures in the typescript.
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Finding Gale’s writings changed the nature of my argument by raising the question of whether her erasure from literary history was precisely because of her politics.
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Deborah Williams
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
For example, Photo Assist now suggests what background items to erase from your photos, and Generative Edit performs the erasures with a single tap.
—PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
By contrast, the Art Institute’s retitling feels like a disappointing act of erasure.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
Many of these videos follow a disturbing but familiar pattern—the extraction and erasure of Black women’s genius, creativity, and contributions.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Deborah Williams
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
For example, Photo Assist now suggests what background items to erase from your photos, and Generative Edit performs the erasures with a single tap.
—PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
By contrast, the Art Institute’s retitling feels like a disappointing act of erasure.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
Many of these videos follow a disturbing but familiar pattern—the extraction and erasure of Black women’s genius, creativity, and contributions.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for erasure
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“Erasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erasure. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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erasure
noun
era·sure
i-ˈrā-shər 
also -zhər
: an act or instance of erasing
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