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erase

[ih-reys] / ɪˈreɪs /


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I cannot erase the image of that scorched cell from my mind.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

That disruption can scatter electrons and erase some of the performance gains engineers are trying to achieve.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

We have literally and metaphorically tried to erase our actual history in favor of a mythical past that never existed — even in bad LSD trips.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

The decline could erase $460 billion from the company’s market capitalization.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

It was like they just wanted to erase it all and go back to normal.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

“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

But more than that, it obscures the reality and erases the history of transgender lives by diminishing the significant time, money, and effort many transgender people spend to align their body with their sex.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

“Their vessel leaves a smooth, filigree-edged road on the ocean that vanishes and erases itself,” Enda notices on her voyage, “so that they can never find their way back, even if they want to.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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

He erases the board slowly, then says, “I could use a helper next period, just this one time.”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

U.S. stocks on Friday closed out a brutal month that erased a chunk of the summer’s gains in technology names.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Citizen detectives like Diarra Brickland, who arranges her messy life around ensuring that the people and prizes typically overlooked or quietly erased by the mainstream keep being seen, are even less common.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

While all damage from smoking may not be erased, quitters can add healthy years to the end of their life, which can be just as important to them as how long they live.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Calder groped around for his pentomino as his teacher erased the board.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

SpaceX shares were down 8% in early trading Wednesday, erasing most gains made in Tuesday’s session.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Typically, “the Court’s cases neither name nor quote the disfranchised, erasing their voices from law’s past.”

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Alnylam stock is up 2.4%, erasing some gains after opening up 16%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“There has to be a way to prevent a huge blowup that doesn’t involve forcibly erasing everyone’s memories.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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