erased

past tense of erase

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of erased After a scoreless first half, Murray scored his first 12 points during a 31-13 burst that erased a 15-point Jazz lead. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 With Thursday's decline, Meta has erased most of its post-Muse bounce. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Golden State erased Atlanta's 46-40 halftime lead early in the third quarter, but the Dream answered. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The language, the words, the people, the sentiment erased, the websites vanished, the funds dried, and the true spirit of self-interest revealed. — Kamau Bobb october 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 But the rapprochement has not erased differences over migration. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The Dodgers 4-0 lead, erased in a few minutes by the unstoppable force of Milwaukee's unbeatable offense. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Burns stops by the Festival to discuss his work with Michael Luo, an executive editor at the magazine, and the importance of chronicling history at a time when more and more is being written over and erased. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Driving the car may have automatically erased critical data, said Teare, who led the district attorney’s office’s vehicular crimes division for several years. — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erased
Verb
  • The campaign that originally eradicated screwworm relied on what’s known as the sterile insect technique.
    — Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Stoett argues that if a market is used to encourage removal, the commercial activity should exist because the species needs to be reduced, contained, or eradicated—not because the goal is to establish a sustainable fishery for that species.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Turkey abolished the Rumi calendar, which was pinned to the year 1341, and instantly woke up in the Western Gregorian year of 1926.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Even if the position is abolished, the person elected this November would serve in the office through the end of 2027.
    — Isaac Yu, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Both the rocket and the camera were destroyed after crashing into the Earth at a speed of about 340 miles per hour.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Erased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erased. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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