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erase

[ih-rays] / ɪˈreɪs /


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Discovery could erase another 4,500 jobs in Los Angeles County, according to an August report commissioned by the county government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“There is no prison sentence long enough to erase the damage,” Doe said during the sentencing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

None of this will erase the clash of interests at the core of the U.S.-China relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I close my eyes, trying to erase his image.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

“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 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

The gain erases a move lower that followed a post by President Donald Trump saying he was directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion of mortgage-backed securities earlier this month.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

She quickly erases her smile and tries for some modesty.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The agent is fictional, the heroes were erased, and just about the only thing I found factual was the re-creation of Kaczynski’s mailbox.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That process erased the physical structures that could have revealed what those bodies originally contained.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Mladić "deserved to be erased from memory for good, not to be... promoted as a hero," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The debris from the vigil has been cleared away, but he isn't erased.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

That would solve her immediate problem of finding her way home but create an even worse one by erasing her recall of her most precious friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

He also reminded her repeatedly that U.S. airspace had been shut down, erasing the threat of an attack on the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Fearing that authorities were actively erasing culpability, the victim's family appealed for help.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The breeze smoothed the sands, erasing the print.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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