as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here
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Recent Examples of expunge
According to the documents, obtained by CNN, Wallen pleaded guilty under a deferral, allowing for the charges to be expunged upon completing his sentence and probation.
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Understanding Clean Slate Laws and Automatic Criminal Record Relief
Clean slate laws seal or expunge certain criminal records after a specified period of time without reoffending.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
While he was released in 2020, Cohen is unlikely to see his record expunged by the returning president in his second, nonconsecutive term because the former attorney testified against Trump in the former and incoming president’s New York state hush money trial.
—John Scott Lewinski, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Understanding Clean Slate Laws and Automatic Criminal Record Relief
Clean slate laws seal or expunge certain criminal records after a specified period of time without reoffending.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
While he was released in 2020, Cohen is unlikely to see his record expunged by the returning president in his second, nonconsecutive term because the former attorney testified against Trump in the former and incoming president’s New York state hush money trial.
—John Scott Lewinski, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
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President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship threatens to erase the futures of countless children—children whose potential will go untapped, whose contributions to art, science, and justice might never be realized.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Despite that, Djokovic played well enough to erase a deficit and overcome Alcaraz in four sets.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The theory holds that a community that rids itself of petty crime, such as shoplifting, vandalism and trespassing, can eradicate more serious crime because criminals won’t have anywhere to hide.—
JULIE K. BROWN,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Its achievements include eradicating smallpox and bringing polio to the brink of elimination.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in December that the debt ceiling should be abolished, a position shared by some liberal lawmakers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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The video was released Sunday by a law firm representing a woman whose house was destroyed by the fire and is suing Southern California Edison, the primary electrical utility for Los Angeles.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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By the time the show opened on Friday, the Eaton Fire, which is now 95 percent contained, had burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, Pasadena, and other areas nearby.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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