as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here
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Recent Examples of expunge
That inevitably puts some people at a disadvantage and makes getting a conviction record expunged even more important.
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Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday called for a sweeping overhaul of how the military handles allegations of hazing and other types of abuse, insisting that the military had grown too soft and promising to expunge the records of tough leaders with past infractions.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
But those developments failed to expunge Washington’s enclave.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
He was convicted and given probation — prosecutors asked for a nine-year prison term — and eventually got the conviction expunged, according to Rosen and court records.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday called for a sweeping overhaul of how the military handles allegations of hazing and other types of abuse, insisting that the military had grown too soft and promising to expunge the records of tough leaders with past infractions.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
But those developments failed to expunge Washington’s enclave.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
He was convicted and given probation — prosecutors asked for a nine-year prison term — and eventually got the conviction expunged, according to Rosen and court records.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
Verb
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Credit card debt forgiveness programs can erase a sizable portion of your outstanding balances now.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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While concerned investors turn to the yellow metal for safety, there is also the other worry of threats to Fed independence, that could erase confidence in the dollar and boost gold prices.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The rate of diseases once considered essentially under control, if not eradicated, has been climbing in recent years in the United States as vaccine rates have fallen.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Reiterate the importance of education During the civil rights movement, an entire generation learned the importance of getting an education to eradicate systemic racism.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
17 Jan. 2026
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Telling that the utopian futurists of mid-century envisioned a post-scarcity world brought about by technology, where dangerous work, boring work, routine work was done by machines, and labor itself was abolished so that all humans would be free to be artists, philosophers, writers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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While sales of EVs and plug-ins have grown, the rate of adoption in California has slowed in the past couple of years, before the federal tax credit was abolished.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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But the Red Sox destroyed and ended their relationship with their only true power hitter and proven winner for a player who, though an undeniably excellent addition, was here for 117 total games.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the Pacific Palisades and nearby Malibu, flames burned for 31 days, scorching 37 square miles and destroying more than 6,000 structures, most of them homes.—
Sarah Alegre,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Expunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunge. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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