clean slate
noun
: a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record
Everyone who comes to this school starts with a clean slate.
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Trump’s team has other avenues to explore, but his path is narrowing towards a clean slate.
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Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Also, any hope of a new Sens beat reporter being brought onboard?
· Aug 29
With wide-open LW slots and a clean slate with a new coach, Nick Robertson has never had a better opportunity to earn and keep an NHL roster spot with the Leafs.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump tied President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, saying those charged with storming Congress after Trump's 2020 election loss should also get a clean slate.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
The new electric Jaguar will be a clean slate, with not even the I-Pace remaining.
—James Morris, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Also, any hope of a new Sens beat reporter being brought onboard?
· Aug 29
With wide-open LW slots and a clean slate with a new coach, Nick Robertson has never had a better opportunity to earn and keep an NHL roster spot with the Leafs.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump tied President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, saying those charged with storming Congress after Trump's 2020 election loss should also get a clean slate.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
The new electric Jaguar will be a clean slate, with not even the I-Pace remaining.
—James Morris, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Clean slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20slate. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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