Example Sentences

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He has a neurological disease that has impaired his vision and is erasing his memory.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023

Wildfire smoke is erasing progress on clean air.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Part of that is erasing the legacy of colonialism and what China regards as unequal treaties granting rights to foreign nations imposed during the waning years of the Qing Dynasty, which ended in 1911.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2022

"But when you come to think of it, that too is erasing who we are, where we came from."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2022

After fifth, Fiona rushes me clear across campus to the 900 Wing and is panting as she rolls me up to the front of the classroom, where Ms. Rucker is erasing the board.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen