clean slate

Example Sentences

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In China, with a clean slate and a growing affluent class, Sam’s Club, following Costco’s formula, carved out a niche as a premium chain offering high-quality items hard to find elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The new owners will get a clean slate to try and turn the fortunes of the club around.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Skipper Stokes said they were starting with a clean slate, despite their miserable record in Australia.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

But that actually gave me a completely clean slate when I became a musician.”

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

We took fake champagne and plastic cups, and toasted to a clean slate, a second chance.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers