blank slate

noun

Examples of blank slate in a Sentence

She viewed her students as blank slates, just waiting to be filled with knowledge.
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Observe Without Preconceptions A key lesson from user testing is to show up with a blank slate. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The anticlimax preemptively lowers the stakes of this new conflict, though Linklater makes for a gleefully sinister blank slate. Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025 The front office has somewhat of a blank slate to start over in 2026. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Here as in House of the Dragon, Cooke excels at playing her cards close to the chest without ever coming off as a blank slate. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blank slate

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blank slate was in 1886

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“Blank slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20slate. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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