erase

We have literally and metaphorically tried to erase our actual history in favor of a mythical past that never existed — even in bad LSD trips.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Chapman proceeded to build a series of brilliant sports cars, win a lot of Formula One championships and erase millions in investments before his death in 1982.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

“This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability,” Wing Chau, U.S. marshal for the District of Rhode Island, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Any large-scale transformation of the planet could permanently erase parts of its natural history, limiting future opportunities to study Mars in its original state.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

I erase the tip of a petal and redo it with a softer sweep.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

“It’s not like the SAT erases those inequities, but it’s not like the SAT adds to those inequities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Their vessel leaves a smooth, filigree-edged road on the ocean that vanishes and erases itself,” Enda notices on her voyage, “so that they can never find their way back, even if they want to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Sandisk erases early gains after closing the previous session up 9.1%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

The new policy erases all ambiguity around the question of whether bot-made text can exist on Wikipedia’s public pages to begin with.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Their gentle pressure erases the past few months, and I am the girl who sat on the rocks next to the chasm, with river spray on her ankles, and kissed him for the first time.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

U.S. stocks on Friday closed out a brutal month that erased a chunk of the summer’s gains in technology names.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Citizen detectives like Diarra Brickland, who arranges her messy life around ensuring that the people and prizes typically overlooked or quietly erased by the mainstream keep being seen, are even less common.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The last time viewers saw Peter Parker, he had voluntarily erased himself from the memories of his loved ones.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

But she knew something was wrong with that photo-balloon since it erased Jason and Brigit out of the image.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

SpaceX shares were down 8% in early trading Wednesday, erasing most gains made in Tuesday’s session.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

Typically, “the Court’s cases neither name nor quote the disfranchised, erasing their voices from law’s past.”

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

The benchmark Kospi tumbled 8.1% Friday afternoon, erasing Thursday’s gains as investors grew concerned that the rapid growth in profits of chip manufacturers that supply the AI industry could top out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

I picture her frantically erasing her work on the math exam after I turned mine in and wish again that I’d tried to explain the two-variable equations when she asked me.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison