ELIDING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

eliding

verb

present participle of elide

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

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stetting

as in shortening

to make less in extent or duration the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long

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Recent Examples of eliding There’s something irresistibly oozy about Tommy Lee Jones as Frog, eliding the spaces between his words so that every sentence becomes a song. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 Rather than eliding them, Carson ends up bringing attention to these absences – an utterly distinctive choice. — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Also unlikely is the possibility of Apple eliding a Release Candidate from the process. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 Both Kyrgios, 30, and Sabalenka, 27 spent the build-up focused on the entertainment value of the contest, eliding criticism of the event’s impact on women’s tennis and tennis at large. — James Hansen, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026 But this picture of the American electricity sector is incomplete, eliding the interests of the utilities themselves. — Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

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Talk about meeting The Challenge — the latest challenge to the Swedish version of the popular reality-TV show has met its match by way of an apparent AI agent, which is being blamed for deleting its entire new season.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Jarvis sacrifices himself to stabilize Vision’s mind, deleting his code and shifting his processing power to the other AIs to keep them functional.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of deleting

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As an investor at Point72, the hedge fund of billionaire Steve Cohen, Shaffer watched Wall Street turn private fund shares into digital tokens without shortening investors’ waits to cash out.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
The mission definitely succeeded, shortening the little asteroid's orbit around a larger rock called Didymos by about 33 minutes.

— Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortening

Verb

Doctors then discussed removing his tongue, according to Rockett.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The 71-year-old first American pope was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday with doctors removing a nodule that was determined to be pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of removing

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