clean slate

Example Sentences

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Kids won’t have the same challenges we have of trying to retrofit old assumptions and will start with a clean slate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Skipper Stokes said they were starting with a clean slate, despite their miserable record in Australia.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

But that actually gave me a completely clean slate when I became a musician.”

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

"This is a clean slate - pay for each one. If you cannot afford it, don't get on the train," Judge Smith warned Tooley.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Primogeniture is also the clean slate of the oldest making the past out of nothing but faint whispers, presences, and tones.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez