expunge

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

As warmer spotlights go, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” may never fully expunge what maddens and mystifies about the untimely end of troubled souls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

As such, it was their mission to expunge such art from the public memory.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 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

Fresh research occasionally surfaces new runs and expunges others.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2021

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

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020

The law expunges charges for which a person was not found guilty.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2019

Yet none of this expunges the memory of his brilliance and his audacious creativity.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2018

Death expunges crime, and when he comes to life again, it will be with a clean slate.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

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

He estimated that about 2,700 people could potentially benefit from the law by either being released from prison or having criminal charges expunged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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

She felt obliterated, expunged from the room, and was relieved.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

Immediately, Barkley set about expunging that from his mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

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