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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Both have a significant +11 in goal differential, and the North London team boasts a perfect clean slate in goals against.
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Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
As time has gone on, there’s not a clean slate.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
All in all, that’s a pretty clean slate.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
His vision rejects the myth of the clean slate, the American tendency to abandon broken systems rather than repair them.
—Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
As time has gone on, there’s not a clean slate.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
All in all, that’s a pretty clean slate.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
His vision rejects the myth of the clean slate, the American tendency to abandon broken systems rather than repair them.
—Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 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 30 Nov. 2025.
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