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expunge

[ik-spuhnj] / ɪkˈspʌndʒ /


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He's among those seeking to expunge his record in the U.S.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

He disclaims any effort to reverse or expunge the old case.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Inside the trailer, people can learn how to expunge their records and handle eviction cases, along with more general civic lessons about due process.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

Boebert did not expunge her name from the petition, and instead posted one of the funniest tweets of all time.

From Slate Nov. 13, 2025

When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

It neither expunges his record nor declares that the law that condemned him was unjust in the first place.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2020

It also expunges isolated misdemeanors once a petition has been filed with the State Bureau of Investigation.

From Washington Times Dec. 30, 2019

Memory is notoriously unreliable, so I am hoping that mine quickly expunges any recollection of “Memory Rings,” an obscure, whimsy-sprinkled dance-theater work about, well, I’m not sure what.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2016

Cook expunges all memory of his nearly-but-not-quite getting out the previous over with a Michelin-starred cover drive for four.

From The Guardian Oct. 23, 2015

It promotes union and harmony, expunges all selfishness, allays petulant feelings and turbulent passions, destroys peevishness of temper, and makes home-intercourse holy and delightful.

From The Christian Home by Samuel Philips

Statewide, 1.38 million cases were automatically expunged during the 2024-25 fiscal year, the most recent data available.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

There is no longer any public trace of Helton’s criminal case in the Ohio county court system; certain nonviolent cases are allowed to be sealed or expunged after a set amount of time has passed.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Although her Global Entry has been reinstated, Walker “has received no confirmation that the government has expunged any record that triggered her revocation.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Even after Friday’s selloff, that indicator remains high, indicating “speculation hasn’t been expunged from the market,” he said.

From MarketWatch Oct. 14, 2025

The letter went on to discuss a few finalities involving insurance and Mr. Kaiserman and to explain that Reggie’s file could be expunged and the court records sealed.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Still, together, Russia and Iran are responsible for over 11% of the world’s oil production, meaning that expunging them from the global oil trade would be challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

Feinstein maintained that she was expunging “a stain on our values and on our history,” that “torture goes against the very soul of our country,” and that “this is not what Americans do.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2023

Rep. Ryan Zinke, Montana Republican, also wasn’t sure what expunging an impeachment would actually mean.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2023

Texas Instruments said in April it expected overstocked customers to continue expunging excess inventory even in the second quarter.

From Reuters Jul. 25, 2023

Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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