blank slate
Americannoun
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We're not we're not starting from a blank slate.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We were ecstatic. And then a year passed. And then two years passed. I think they wanted people to have a blank slate in going into ‘The Drop.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
"But the brain is not a blank slate that gets trained by experience. It is a mix of nature and nurture, and the nature is that pre-wired architecture."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
After all, what better medium for mindless masculinity than a blank slate?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
He produced spirit writing on a blank slate, then showed the audience how the magic trick worked.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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