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Omit while speaking (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elide

(Other definitions for elide that I've seen before include "Omit part of word" , "Leave out, vowels perhaps" , "Omit (a vowel etc.)" , "Abridge, omit part" , "Suppress - abridge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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