expunged

past tense of expunge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of expunged But records for the case — as well as Nick’s home address, cell phone number, and place of work — remained publicly available on the Duval courts website for more than a year after the judge ordered the records expunged. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Have you been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime, had an adjudication withheld, or had a matter sealed or expunged? — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Despite the reforms that resulted from the Shield Club and the Women’s Law Fund cases, Gayle was still put through a series of tests, during which she could still be expunged. — Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026 York had already filed a request to have the charges expunged Monday. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 In the early 20th century, a massive national mosquito-eradication effort, which led to the CDC’s creation, ultimately expunged the disease from the country. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Rignol also wants his F reversed and his disciplinary records expunged. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 There is no longer any public trace of Helton’s criminal case in the Ohio county court system; certain nonviolent cases are allowed to be sealed or expunged after a set amount of time has passed. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunged
Verb
  • But in foster care in South Carolina, that autism diagnosis got erased.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • First among this unsung cohort are the women of the march, who have been all but erased from the record.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Australian Consulate has taken an interest in her case, given the country abolished the death penalty in 1985.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Amendment, which abolished slavery and argued that loopholes in the amendment helped pave the way for the mass incarceration of Black Americans.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Expunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunged. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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