erasing

present participle of erase

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of erasing These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 On the other, a history-erasing far right. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 Real healing isn’t about erasing what’s wounded. Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025 Franklin’s Parisian friends universally spoke of Temple as Franklin’s son, erasing the intermediate generation. Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 Aaron Judge’s three-run home run had just tied the game in the fourth inning, the final step in erasing a five-run Blue Jays advantage over the Yankees. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Failing to seize the narrative, the authorities shifted course and began erasing the record from public memory. Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025 Crude concerns The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) is on track for its worst week since late June, erasing last week’s gains. Adrian Van Hauwermeiren, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025 What To Know Stocks plummeted in morning trading on Wall Street, erasing all S&P 500 gains since Election Day. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erasing
Verb
  • Water through fall and any herbicides applied will likely be more effective at eradicating weeds.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The county was also heavily affected by the 2021 floods that swept most of Middle Tennessee, with high waters washing away multiple roads and even destroying a church in the Pinewood community, according to previous Tennessean reporting.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Just two years earlier, devastating floods swept through Middle Tennessee, damaging infrastructure and destroying a church in Pinewood.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The European Parliament has twice called for Yahaya’s release, asking Nigeria to set an example by abolishing the blasphemy laws under which he has been detained for over five years.
    Sean Nelson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Both Biss and Abughazaleh support abolishing ICE, and the winner of their primary will be heavily favored to hold a seat whose voters backed Kamala Harris by 37 points last year.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Erasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erasing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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