clean slate
noun
: a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record
Everyone who comes to this school starts with a clean slate.
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That’s your end of the bargain and there is nothing like a clean slate.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Carolina is reshaping the safety room with mostly a clean slate.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Almost Broke the Show Season Five Photo: Netflix For the Love Is Blind experiment to work, the participants need to come in fresh, innocent, a clean slate.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Johnson has proposed extending current spending levels set in 2023 − in a compromise with Democrats − to start with a clean slate for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Carolina is reshaping the safety room with mostly a clean slate.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Almost Broke the Show Season Five Photo: Netflix For the Love Is Blind experiment to work, the participants need to come in fresh, innocent, a clean slate.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Johnson has proposed extending current spending levels set in 2023 − in a compromise with Democrats − to start with a clean slate for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clean slate
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“Clean slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20slate. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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