Examples of blank slate in a Sentence
She viewed her students as blank slates, just waiting to be filled with knowledge.
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Unlike traditional budgeting, which builds incrementally from the past, ZBB starts with a blank slate.
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Yogesh Shah, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Set in the year 3333 on a desolate alien world, players take on the role of the Swordsman, a somewhat blank slate character with minimalist features clad in a tattered cloak.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
The result is a gloopy pile of blank slate risotto: butter, parm, a fairy’s modest pinch of saffron.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 July 2025
That forced people to make a choice, and a lot of them chose to leave, which opened up a very blank slate.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
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Yogesh Shah, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Set in the year 3333 on a desolate alien world, players take on the role of the Swordsman, a somewhat blank slate character with minimalist features clad in a tattered cloak.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
The result is a gloopy pile of blank slate risotto: butter, parm, a fairy’s modest pinch of saffron.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 July 2025
That forced people to make a choice, and a lot of them chose to leave, which opened up a very blank slate.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for blank slate
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“Blank slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20slate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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