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He disclaims any effort to reverse or expunge the old case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

As such, it was their mission to expunge such art from the public memory.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Past attempts to expunge loanwords after Korea’s independence from Japan had an element of ritualistic purification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025

That was no accident; local leaders saw the new interstate system as a golden opportunity to expunge “blight,” which they claimed acted as a barrier to development.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024

When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Fresh research occasionally surfaces new runs and expunges others.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2021

It neither expunges his record nor declares that the law that condemned him was unjust in the first place.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020

It also expunges isolated misdemeanors once a petition has been filed with the State Bureau of Investigation.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2019

Cook expunges all memory of his nearly-but-not-quite getting out the previous over with a Michelin-starred cover drive for four.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2015

Death expunges crime, and when he comes to life again, it will be with a clean slate.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

So there is no clear legal definition of who belongs on these rosters, let alone guidance on how long officers must remain on these lists or how they can seek to have their names expunged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Even after Friday’s selloff, that indicator remains high, indicating “speculation hasn’t been expunged from the market,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

In 2020, Newsom signed a law that allows nonviolent incarcerated people who worked on a conservation camp fire crew to have their records expunged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

They write between the lines, telling stories that some would prefer to see expunged from the public record.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

Yet when the invaders advanced inland, they left behind a different footprint, one that would never be expunged.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Still, together, Russia and Iran are responsible for over 11% of the world’s oil production, meaning that expunging them from the global oil trade would be challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Immediately, Barkley set about expunging that from his mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

Rep. Ryan Zinke, Montana Republican, also wasn’t sure what expunging an impeachment would actually mean.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Texas Instruments said in April it expected overstocked customers to continue expunging excess inventory even in the second quarter.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023

Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson