Example Sentences

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Since Tuesday, the selloff has wiped out over $1.2 trillion in market value from software and semiconductor companies, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

An artist who restored a fresco in a church in central Rome with a likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has wiped out his own artwork after it sparked outrage.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

A property crash has wiped two-fifths off the value of Chinese real estate since 2021 in some parts of the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Is it a spoiler to share that a tsunami has wiped out most of Europe, leaving scattered archipelagos as repositories of things once known?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

“Tell me, Horatio; tell me everything that happened, for the potion has wiped clean the table of my memory.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein