erases

present tense third-person singular of erase

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of erases The Amazon Basin builds and erases its own geography through its rivers. Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025 This turnover erases institutional knowledge, disrupts relationships, and leads to inconsistent policy enforcement. Peter White, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 Undue’s bulk purchase of debt affords them a substantial discount, so every donor dollar erases around $100 in debt. Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025 Whereas Jonathan Greenard is a game-wrecker against the run and pass, and Van Ginkel erases most screens and outlet passes to the perimeter, Turner isn’t that type of guy right now. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 This pledge erases dissenting Israeli voices, legitimizes falsehoods, and shields Hamas from blame. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 But how often can the Pats bank on Drake Maye enjoying the best start of his career, while Antonio Gibson erases a Dolphins punt return touchdown with his own return touchdown on the next play? Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 But the battery also more than erases the size and weight advantage of the Air compared to Apple’s other phones, spoiling the Air's light weight and thin profile. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025 Because resetting erases all custom settings, use this option only if restarting and other troubleshooting methods haven’t solved the problem. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erases
Verb
  • Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
    Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Each participant had lost central vision in one eye due to dry AMD, which destroys light-sensitive macular cells over time.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • An arson fire destroys the 43-year-old Globe Theatre on March 8 (the arsonist was never caught, but a firebug had set several blazes in the park that winter).
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Erases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erases. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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