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erase

[ih-rays] / ɪˈreɪs /


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I am sharing this because I believe that whoever is responsible is hoping to erase her in every way possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Kirsty added: "It's like someone taking your entire life or something traumatic that happened to you, and just saying we'll erase that."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Though most people recover, it can cause pneumonia, blindness and swelling in the brain, and erase the immune system’s memory, leading to easily acquired secondary infections.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The United Steelworkers union said that although it recognizes the stresses on Canada’s steel industry, difficult market conditions can’t automatically erase commitments that were central to the approval of a major foreign acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But you have to erase 660 pages every day, and get a callus on your finger that won’t go away for the rest of your life.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

“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

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

I say it over and over again like a prayer until the rhythm of the words erases my fear.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Heading into Friday’s trading, Tesla had erased more than $200 billion in market capitalization over a two-day span.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

South Korea’s Kospi erased earlier losses and closed 0.6% higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

In an October poll conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, Bass erased an 11-point gap with Raman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

On the first attempt, Gemini 3.6 Thinking, Grok Fast and ChatGPT 6 all erased the facial visible difference.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The warmth of his voice erased any worry she had about possibly being in trouble.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Wall Street barely had time to celebrate Wednesday’s postelection rally before Thursday delivered a brutal reversal, erasing nearly $3 trillion in market value.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Trying to determine their state can cause that state to collapse, potentially erasing the very information scientists want to retrieve.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 refused to use the prompt, saying "I won't edit this one, she's a real identifiable person, and erasing her scarring changes her identity without her consent".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Banks Index fell 3.7%, bringing it close to its long-term moving average and erasing part of its summer gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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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