tabula rasa
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If the brain started as a true tabula rasa, with no built-in connections, neurons would first need to locate and connect with one another.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
Somewhere inside a tabula rasa passed off as an office space, a diligent worker is rewarded with a five-minute "dance experience."
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025
Each of these, Pythagoras to Euclid, could be counted as a tabula rasa.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
In part, it is how pioneering South Bronx resident groups like Banana Kelly spared their neighborhood from tabula rasa schemes by outside politicians and planners when the neighborhood was burning.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
The essence of Christianity was meant to be a tabula rasa.
From Beside Still Waters by Benson, Arthur Christopher