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erase

[ih-reys] / ɪˈreɪs /


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Maye, though, put the Pats in position to erase that as time ticked off the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Doing so would not erase any of what followed.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

"The more they try to silence or erase the name of Memorial in Russia, the louder it will sound outside Russia," she promised.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Writing a satirical piece didn’t erase what happened, but it gave me an outlet to act.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

If I can have one final memory before they erase it, it has to be perfect and special.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

“She erases a lot of mistakes out there,” Ogwumike said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

The yen now virtually erases all the losses it suffered since the U.S. military operations in Iran started in late February.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

“It’s like if you label it with that word, it erases all the good.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Long-term Treasury yields erased most of Wednesday’s drop after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s released bond buyback plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

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

He looked at a scene where someone leapt off a building, and he could tell that Javier had erased one part of El Gran Misterio’s leg over and over again, trying to get it right.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

The Kospi plummeted around 40% over six weeks in June and July, erasing roughly $2.5 trillion in market value.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Fearing that authorities were actively erasing culpability, the victim's family appealed for help.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

The film, which was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, follows Peter Parker as he struggles with changes to his powers and lives in isolation after erasing his identity.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 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




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