clean slate

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

It is a clean slate where you can build the family tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

Roxbury’s a clean slate, my fingertips the purest chalk.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz