as in erased
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 expunged
In 2009, Zagorac’s arrest record was expunged erroneously from the FBI National Crime Information Center computer, according to the Post-Tribune, after defense attorney Christopher Schmidgall filed a petition for the expungement.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2021, Colvin successfully petitioned to have her juvenile arrest record expunged.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
The convictions were ultimately reduced to misdemeanors and expunged in 2022, the court document said.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
That inevitably puts some people at a disadvantage and makes getting a conviction record expunged even more important.
—Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Just as the geographical Palestinian homeland must be seized by Zionist forces, all resistance quelled and all Indigenous Palestinians ultimately expelled and silenced forever, so too must any and all electronic trace of support for Palestinian freedom be expunged from the database.
—Literary Hub, 24 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
And even with the outcome of Williams’ hearing last Friday leading to the penalty points being expunged from Sainz’s record, the fact that things got so far in the first place highlights the DSG issues.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Miller completed his probation in March and got his conviction expunged.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2021, Colvin successfully petitioned to have her juvenile arrest record expunged.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
The convictions were ultimately reduced to misdemeanors and expunged in 2022, the court document said.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
That inevitably puts some people at a disadvantage and makes getting a conviction record expunged even more important.
—Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Just as the geographical Palestinian homeland must be seized by Zionist forces, all resistance quelled and all Indigenous Palestinians ultimately expelled and silenced forever, so too must any and all electronic trace of support for Palestinian freedom be expunged from the database.
—Literary Hub, 24 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
And even with the outcome of Williams’ hearing last Friday leading to the penalty points being expunged from Sainz’s record, the fact that things got so far in the first place highlights the DSG issues.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Miller completed his probation in March and got his conviction expunged.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunged
Verb
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The Kennedy boys basketball team erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull off a stunning 69-63 win over Valencia on Thursday night at Valencia High.—
David Delgado,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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In a vacuum, this would make the Wilderness a little swifter to 60 than a standard turbo Outback; in practice, the gearing advantage is pretty much erased by the heft of the standard Bridgestone Dueler all-terrain tires.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In the final issue, published in 2021, The Beauty has been eradicated.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
22 Jan. 2026
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Prior to their reign of terror, measles had been basically eradicated.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Well, Federer just destroyed him — 6-1, 6-4 in about 50 minutes — and that left a lot of time to fill.—
Patrick McEnroe,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The fire killed two people, destroyed 1,084 homes and businesses and did more than $2 billion in property damage.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Expunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunged. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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