erase
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Replicated in the lower-performing half of schools nationwide, with outcomes in the other half held constant, those gains would erase the racial achievement gap in math in less than two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Of all the recent attempts to erase the cultural past embodied in stone, Palmyra in Syria still stands out.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Deliberate racist intent hasn’t been established yet, but that doesn’t erase the impact.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Doing so would not erase any of what followed.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
I close the drawer and erase a bunch of D’s in the book.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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But more than that, it obscures the reality and erases the history of transgender lives by diminishing the significant time, money, and effort many transgender people spend to align their body with their sex.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Millions of crypto investors around the world are sitting on losses as a painful bear market erases trillions of dollars in paper profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The three singers at least remember the name of the “Men in Black” device that erases your memory: The Neuralyzer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 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
She quickly erases her smile and tries for some modesty.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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That process erased the physical structures that could have revealed what those bodies originally contained.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Snell gave up one hit, a single to Sal Stewart, which he quickly erased with a successful pick-off that caught Stewart in an inning-ending run-down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Mladić "deserved to be erased from memory for good, not to be... promoted as a hero," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
After a long, painful downdraft that erased more some $2.2 trillion in value, cryptocurrencies — and, notably, bitcoin — have come roaring back this week.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The whole session is kind of gray and blurry, like an old whiteboard, the notes from last class erased but still showing through.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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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
“He’s not here,” he said, erasing the panic from his voice.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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