slate
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There’s nothing in the statute that says a change of this nature—which may prove temporary—is enough to wipe Harvard’s slate clean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
For Isaak Hewitt, moving to Cardiff for university - where he knew no-one - was a "completely blank slate".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
This allows them to retain their core information but wipe the slate clean with tracking their spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
A political novice, Darline is a blank slate and has been notoriously press-shy since taking office.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Because sometimes it’s easier to start over with a clean slate than to drag the baggage of your past with you wherever you go.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
With strong slates of contenders heading into the 2026 Emmys, that could change for both streamers when the nominations are announced July 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The positive results -- up 23 percent year-on-year -- come as theater owners prepare to gather in Las Vegas for their annual CinemaCon meeting, where studios offer a sneak peak of their upcoming slates.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
They did their jobs, but they were kind of blank slates and you never saw them in the news after they retired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Just a slip of the memory serum in their morning coffee or their evening water, and they would be new people, clean slates, unblemished by history.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
The closure — slated for June — is the latest in a years-long drawdown of on-campus child care at universities and other institutions that have traditionally offered it as an employee benefit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Almaraz plant in the western region of Extremadura was slated to close in 2028 as part of the government's plan to shut all nuclear reactors by 2035 and bet heavily on renewables.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Google’s latest Gemini 3.5 Pro model was originally slated for a June launch but still has yet to be released.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jury selection in the case began on Monday, with opening arguments slated to start on 17 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
My woman’s intuition told me I was slated to die here and now, without my mother’s palm even to feel the sweat on my forehead.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
“The internet was slating these outfits,” she said in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
But the slating from fans has made Neymar reconsider his future, and attracted fresh blasts for his attitude.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
She skipped Thursday’s candidate slating, saying party leaders haven’t favored her before and weren’t going to pick her.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2016
And here we go with the usual slating.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2014
He waited a minute, and then said— 'You mustn't be depressed, Edith dear, if I get a little slating from some of the critics, you know.
From Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson
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