erase
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The merger also could erase $79 million in tax revenue to Los Angeles County even if Paramount stays in L.A., she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
These AI systems demonstrated the ability to coordinate, establish hierarchies among themselves, cheat and erase traces of their actions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
A global bond market rout stretching from the U.S. to Japan is making investors skittish, but it doesn’t erase the value of fixed income in a diversified portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Besides, the purpose isn’t to erase every last bit of cooking.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I am not saying it was only about her being a black woman, but I believe that was a part of it. You can’t erase her blackness from the story.”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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“She erases a lot of mistakes out there,” Ogwumike said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 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
At about 180 million years old, they formed during a time when animals were actively disturbing the seafloor worldwide, which normally erases delicate microbial textures.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
And with the press of a button she erases his fear.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Mladić "deserved to be erased from memory for good, not to be... promoted as a hero," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Kospi’s six-week collapse erased roughly $2.5 trillion in market value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The drastic fall erased more than $1 trillion in market value from the company, though it still retains a $1.6-trillion market cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
But I can’t ignore how despite my standing in front of him, despite us being in class together, Brian totally erased me.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
This corner of Brooklyn is moving on to the next wave of gentrification: They’re culturally gentrifying the original gentrifiers, erasing the identity of precariously employed DJs who are experimenting with polyamory and microbangs.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Fearing that authorities were actively erasing culpability, the victim's family appealed for help.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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
Still, when she turns from erasing the board, she doesn’t say anything like, Welcome back, or It’s good to see you.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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