clean slate
noun
: a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record
Everyone who comes to this school starts with a clean slate.
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Everyone likes a clean slate, especially the co-founders of a cleaning products company.
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Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 7 May 2025
But again, this regime isn’t operating with a clean slate, and this isn’t an ideal world.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
While body makeup was at play, the actor — whose tats range from tributes to old girlfriends to a portrait of Hillary Clinton — is well on his way to a clean slate.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Given how bad last year was though, a clean slate makes a lot of sense.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 7 May 2025
But again, this regime isn’t operating with a clean slate, and this isn’t an ideal world.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
While body makeup was at play, the actor — whose tats range from tributes to old girlfriends to a portrait of Hillary Clinton — is well on his way to a clean slate.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Given how bad last year was though, a clean slate makes a lot of sense.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clean slate
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“Clean slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20slate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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