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Recent Examples of erase Layering Through Digital Transactions: These synthetic accounts engage in seemingly legitimate activities—opening credit lines, initiating high-frequency transactions and routing money through multiple financial institutions to erase the trail. Parya Lotfi, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 But recent federal funding and staffing cuts undermine the future of the 988 program and threaten to erase progress made in Indiana and elsewhere, mental health advocates said. Samantha Liss | Kff Health News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025 Monday’s trial proceeding, though, may show that getting a seat at the inauguration table does not erase the long MAGA memories. Emily Brooks, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025 Right behind was Rory McIlroy, who tried to erase from his memory that sloppy finish in the first round and roared into contention to put the career Grand Slam back into view. Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for erase
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Verb
  • What to know to recognize the symptoms How to get rid of acid reflux In most cases, acid reflux can actually be eradicated for good.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Ease of use The goal of a fruit fly trap is to easily and quickly eradicate your population of fruit flies.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • The most recent collective bargaining agreement, signed by the players and the league, abolished the college draft and opened the door for every new player to enter the league as a free agent.
    Meg Linehan, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Others, like the Cato Institute, go one step further and suggest FEMA be abolished entirely, replaced by market solutions and state compacts.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • More than half a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed, including one in Marshall County, Oklahoma, that left two homes completely destroyed and damaged about 20 others.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Fans of the franchise will remember that the Battle of Exegol was the climactic showdown between the Resistance and the First Order, which ended with the Sith being destroyed once and for all.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Erase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erase. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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