clean slate
Example Sentences
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James is an unrestricted free agent and the early timing of his decision allows the Lakers to approach free agency, which officially began Tuesday afternoon, with an almost clean slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
She asked Musk for a "clean slate" going forward, and that he "Try to control your propensity to use social media to make things worse outside this courtroom."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Kids won’t have the same challenges we have of trying to retrofit old assumptions and will start with a clean slate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Skipper Stokes said they were starting with a clean slate, despite their miserable record in Australia.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Primogeniture is also the clean slate of the oldest making the past out of nothing but faint whispers, presences, and tones.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
