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noun • omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) • a deliberate act of omission | ||||||||
| 28% | 4 | Island that may have an apostrophe in its name | ||||||
noun • an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state | ||||||||
| 27% | 11 | Involving the omission of letters in a word, denoted by an apostrophe | ||||||
adjective • of or characteristic of apostrophe | ||||||||
What An Apostrophe May Signal Crossword Clue
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ELISION which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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ELISION
Updated: October 11, 2023
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