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 pay-for-play, which has taken so many forms over the decades, will be expunged from the system?
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Newsweek has been unable to verify and confirm if both her federal and state record has been expunged.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The bill also contains provisions to expunge past convictions for offenses legalized by the measure.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
House Bill 1137 this year requires a court to expunge a person’s red flag records if the individual is not found dangerous or if a court has cleared them of no longer being a danger.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Newsweek has been unable to verify and confirm if both her federal and state record has been expunged.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The bill also contains provisions to expunge past convictions for offenses legalized by the measure.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
House Bill 1137 this year requires a court to expunge a person’s red flag records if the individual is not found dangerous or if a court has cleared them of no longer being a danger.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expunge
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Kurt's key takeaways The AI tattoo machine isn't here to erase tradition.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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And the push to exclude non-citizens from the next count is unconstitutional, deeply un-American and designed to erase entire communities.—
Genesis Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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The fest was especially significant this year — the 50th anniversary of resettlement in the U.S. by refugees emanating from the Vietnam War, the Secret War in Laos and the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia that attempted to eradicate artists, intellectuals and cultural bearers from society.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Measles was eradicated in the United States 25 years ago.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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Experts have long assumed that the instrument had been destroyed or lost to history.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The lawsuit alleges that Merit Street’s business partner, Trinity Broadcasting of Fort Worth, destroyed its television network and forced the bankruptcy declaration.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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“Expunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expunge. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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