clean slate
Example Sentences
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In China, with a clean slate and a growing affluent class, Sam’s Club, following Costco’s formula, carved out a niche as a premium chain offering high-quality items hard to find elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
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
A man who ran up fines of more than £30,000 by dodging train fares has been given a "clean slate".
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
We took fake champagne and plastic cups, and toasted to a clean slate, a second chance.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
