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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
elide .
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Examples
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He said it "kind of elides the apparent fact that Descriptions don't actually have any SEO weight.
Betanews 2008
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However, for centuries in Japan they preferred to take advantage of ceramic misadventure by actually drawing attention to it by means of kintsugi, especially when the new aesthetic element thus added either comments on, converges, or even elides with the shape and colour of the original vessel — making it look even more beautiful and, incidentally, valuable than before.
Broken China 2009
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Tyro – I take your point about how film elides the difference between historical fiction and historical narrative in a way that books do not.
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Of course, he elides over this by saying if you use PPP, “the US looks better.”
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Each update further elides the violence of the event into a murmuring narrative of our collective grief.
Travis&Jared Jack Nelson 2011
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However, for centuries in Japan they preferred to take advantage of ceramic misadventure by actually drawing attention to it by means of kintsugi, especially when the new aesthetic element thus added either comments on, converges, or even elides with the shape and colour of the original vessel — making it look even more beautiful and, incidentally, valuable than before.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Manzi elides his point about per capita GDP by saying that he was focused on economic power, not productivity.
Matthew Yglesias » Social Democracy and Global Competitiveness 2010
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But his book elides the question of whether this circuit is also the source of IQ differences.
The Other 'G' Spot 2010
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Manzi elides his point about per capita GDP by saying that he was focused on economic power, not productivity.
Matthew Yglesias » Social Democracy and Global Competitiveness 2010
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Quantifying saves so much time, even if it elides important things.
User Reviews as Outlet for Venting » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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