Example Sentences

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“Inflation is so high that it’s erasing all wage gains,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote on X. “This isn’t just ‘bad vibes’ about the economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Car companies are also erasing billions from their balance sheets as they walk back costly electric-vehicle investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Akzo Nobel stock jumped 16% to €61.12 on Wednesday, erasing the Dutch paint maker’s losses for the year.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The strategy allowed disco DJs to use the longer album versions, erasing the possibility that a turntable needle would drift into the next track.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

There was something brittle about her, and he feared she would snap apart at the slightest touch; she had thrown herself so fiercely into this, the erasing of memory, that it would destroy her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie