How to Use erase in a Sentence

erase

verb
Definition of erasenext
Synonyms for erasenext
  • You can erase the tape and use it again.
  • I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.
  • The recording can be erased and the tape used again.
  • She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.
  • Several important files were accidentally erased.
  • The Patriots erased deficits of 1-0 in the fourth and 4-2 in the sixth.
    — Skip Vaughn, al, 5 May 2023
  • The result is that the U.S. dollar has erased most of its gains on the year.
    — David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The drop has erased all of the billionaire’s wealth gains this year.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Nov. 2024
  • No number of awards can erase the love of a good burger.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
  • But to end the pregnancy of the child is not going to erase the wounds or those scars.
    — cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • But New York erased the deficit with a big third quarter, outscoring the Lynx 20-10.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And that was kind of going to be the metaphor of eclipse, [that] their chance in this lifetime had been erased.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The strategy paid off in the bottom of the third, when the Wildcats scored three runs to erase a 3-0 deficit.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
  • One dud doesn’t erase the good performances Young has put on tape over the past month.
    — Joseph Person, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The washout has the index on track to erase its big rally from a day before.
    — Damian J. Troise, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Cavs were eager to get back on the court and erase the memories from Monday night.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Here’s how to see (and erase) everything Google tracks.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • Levis will want to erase all copies of this game from existence.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The need for change, and the causes of it, are not erased by a single, thrilling performance.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • Three-down after 11 holes, Ly birdied four of the next five holes, winning all four, to erase the deficit.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The one thing the incoming chefs couldn’t erase on the menu was the Tabard’s doughnut, a longtime staple on the brunch menu.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The set comes with two special white pens that either erase the color or change it to a lighter one.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The Warren man demanded that the Berea man erase the photo.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 30 June 2022
  • If there was any doubt about the Bears’ plan for the backup quarterback, that has been erased.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Every year of work there erases one year of the debt covered by their award.
    — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The team needs two more victories to raise the MLS Cup and erase memories of 2019.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In our test, the packs dissolved quickly, cleaned well and even erased a mustard stain.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t erase my contribution to this look and to this dress.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Even the tinkering by the Pixel 9 team couldn’t completely erase that identity.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In order to accomplish this unreasonable task, plaintiff would have to again unwillingly see the video and then erase it.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024

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