eraser

noun

eras·er i-ˈrā-sər

: one that erases

especially : a device (such as a piece of rubber or a felt pad) used to erase marks (as of ink or chalk)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There’s the Basic Pen, which works fine for the basics, and there’s the Premium Pen, which costs an extra $30, and has features like an eraser on the back. —

Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 16 Dec. 2022 At the very least, McCarthy has taken an eraser to the 2020 season and his high-risk slipups that lent such a sophomoric feel to the 6-10 record. —

Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022 Between cleanings, remove scuffs and marks from the rubber trim with an eraser sponge, like GH Seal star Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Durable. —

Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 The body camera footage later shows officers sitting down with the mother separately explaining that her child allegedly had broken a $1,000 computer, threw an eraser at the teacher and used a clipboard to hit other students before walking off the property that day. —

Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2021 The delicate intaglios, fashioned from amethyst, jasper and carnelian, range in diameter from 5 millimeters to 16 millimeters — bigger than a pencil eraser, smaller than a dime. —

Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023 Most vary from the size of a sesame seed to that of a pencil eraser. —

Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 1 May 2023 Raid your office supply stash for a pencil eraser and get to work. —

Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2023 Over a six-decade career, the American Pop Art icon expanded the definition of public sculpture; his oversized renderings of everyday objects—including a 45-foot-tall steel clothespin, a 19-foot-tall typewriter eraser and a 52-foot-long spoon—are equal parts imposing and idiosyncratic. —

Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 See More

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