- present participle of erase.
erasing
Example Sentences
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If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Gold settled slightly lower, erasing early gains ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Typically, “the Court’s cases neither name nor quote the disfranchised, erasing their voices from law’s past.”
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
But erasing the memory of Suu Kyi's father is unlikely.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Cards of Deadly Fate had dulled her senses, erasing the edges of memories while she’d been suspended between life and death.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
