Both practices elide robust vetting of purported facts

[GoodTaste]

Two recent trends have increased the risk of Supreme Court misuse of science: its growing reliance on the “shadow docket” (cases decided on an “emergency” basis, without oral argument, full briefing, or thorough trial-court litigation of facts) and its deference to amicus briefs’ factual claims. Both practices elide robust vetting of purported facts, allowing lapses of scientific rigor to slip by.

Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Medicalising the Constitution?)

Does "elide" here simply mean "omit"?
The Oxford Dictionary has a particular definition for it: "omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking". It seems to me that the author loosely used the word, emitting a sense of being leisure and informal. I am not sure.

 

[Skrej]

It's certainly not informal.

In this context, yes it does mean omit or leave out - see definition #2