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She viewed her students as blank slates, just waiting to be filled with knowledge.
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In it, her newest innie comes to life and is a completely blank slate.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Declutter Your Home Fast with These 15-Minute Organizing Tasks
Step 1: Empty Your Junk Drawer
The first step to conquering chaos is to begin with a blank slate.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Variations for Butter Cake This cake is mildly sweet and nearly a blank slate for your decorations and flavorings:
Remove about three tablespoons of the flour and swap with use cocoa powder (such as Dutch processed) to make a chocolate butter cake.
—Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Sterling is both a blank slate, a character beginning a new phase of his life, and someone who’s facing a bewildering number of options, including sticking around, leaving town or returning to a life of crime.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Declutter Your Home Fast with These 15-Minute Organizing Tasks
Step 1: Empty Your Junk Drawer
The first step to conquering chaos is to begin with a blank slate.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
Variations for Butter Cake This cake is mildly sweet and nearly a blank slate for your decorations and flavorings:
Remove about three tablespoons of the flour and swap with use cocoa powder (such as Dutch processed) to make a chocolate butter cake.
—Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Sterling is both a blank slate, a character beginning a new phase of his life, and someone who’s facing a bewildering number of options, including sticking around, leaving town or returning to a life of crime.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Blank slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20slate. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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