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It's quite a feeling to finish something you have been 10 years beholden to and to have a clean slate.
Chad Harbach

Meaning of "clean slate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEAN SLATE

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WHAT DOES CLEAN SLATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Clean Slate

Clean Slate may refer to: ▪ Clean Slate, a film released by MGM in 1994 starring Dana Carvey and Valeria Golino ▪ "Clean Slate", Kim Possible episode ▪ Clean Slate Program, Stanford University research program which considers "Clean Slate" internet redesign ▪ Coup de Torchon, a French film released in 1981 ▪ clean slate approach, an approach to a problem where any problems arisen in the past are forgotten...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEAN SLATE

clean
clean bill of health
clean bowled
clean hands
clean out
clean room
clean sheet
clean sweep
clean technology
clean up
clean up one´s act
clean wool
clean-and-jerk
clean-cut
clean-limbed
clean-living
clean-shaven
clean-tech
cleanability
cleanable

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEAN SLATE

calculate
chocolate
correlate
hot chocolate
late
legislate
mistranslate
on a plate
on the slate
plate
regulate
relate
reslate
retranslate
slate
step up to the plate
stimulate
template
translate
violate

Synonyms and antonyms of clean slate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «clean slate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEAN SLATE

Find out the translation of clean slate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clean slate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clean slate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洗涮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

borrón y cuenta nueva
570 millions of speakers

English

clean slate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साफ स्लेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصفحة البيضاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чистого листа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficha limpa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিষ্কার লেখনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

table rase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slate bersih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiße Weste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白紙の状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깨끗한 상태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slate resik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

slate sạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுத்தமான ஸ்லேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरी पाटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kayrak temiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tabula rasa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czyste łupków
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистого аркуша
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ardezie curat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθαρό σχιστόλιθο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoon lei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clean slate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clean slate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN SLATE»

The term «clean slate» is regularly used and occupies the 67.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN SLATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clean slate

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2 QUOTES WITH «CLEAN SLATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clean slate.
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Namie Amuro
If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.
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Chad Harbach
It's quite a feeling to finish something you have been 10 years beholden to and to have a clean slate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEAN SLATE»

Discover the use of clean slate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clean slate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clean Slate
After a vicious attack, Morgan Masters wakes up to find that nothing is how she remembers it.
Andrea Bramhall, 2013
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Clean Slate
The assassination Chris Gibson and John Soong are sent to carry out doesn't go quite as planned.
Aleksandr Voinov, Barbara Sheridan, 2010
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A Clean Slate
A Clean Slate chronicles the days of Kelly McGraw, a Chicago woman who suddenly can't remember the last five months of her life, a time when she was dumped by her soon-to-be fiancé and laid off by the company she thought would make her ...
Laura Caldwell, 2012
4
The Clean Slate Accord
Tired of war and killing, Earth's Global Director Alexa Lange has developed a method of creating world peace by altering the population's brainwave activity.
Sofia Diana Gabel, 2011
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Clean Slate
This story portrays a preacher's kid who went astray and started living her life contrary to all she learned from her parents. She ran away from home at the age of sixteen, in pursuit of immoral living and unnatural desires.
Denise Carol Holmes, 2012
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Clean slate: new & selected poems
Daisy Zamora came out of that experience as a poet who found her own voice in the context of extraordinary popular struggle. Her Clean Slate: New & Selected Poemsis a collection that embodies a spirit of personal and political liberation.
Daisy Zamora, Margaret Randall, Elinor Randall, 1993
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The Manifest Destiny: Operation: Clean Slate
A private intelligence organization creates a device known as the Chronosphere which allows them to cross the boundaries of time and space.
Joshua Thomas Mischler, 2010
8
The Clean Slate
I have written this book so late in my life because I just did not know enough and perhaps still do not, as you may perceive by my queries and controversial statements throughout.
Jim Clayton, 2014
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Phoenix Without the Ashes: Achieving Organizational ...
Descartes used the term tabula rasa to indicate that each new person comes into this world with a clean slate and could start anew in anyway desired. Freud's contribution to understanding was that people did not, in fact, come in with a clean ...
Gary English, 1998
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Closing of the American Mind
THE CLEAN SLATE I used to think that young Americans began whatever education they were to get at the age of eighteen, that their early lives were spiritually empty and that they arrived at the university clean slates unaware of their deeper ...
Allan Bloom, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEAN SLATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clean slate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dentistry whistleblower wants clean slate from Dalhousie
Ryan Millet, a recent Dalhousie University dentistry school graduate who blew the whistle on offensive and hateful posts in a student-run ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
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Conservative Party has 'clean slate' after Stringer quits
"John Stringer's resignation I think is an important one in terms of the party being able to move forward with a good, clean slate." Mr Craig says ... «3News NZ, Jul 15»
3
Clean slate revives passion for grid game
“No — what's it about?” she politely replies, despite being much more interested in the hyperdramatic intro to an episode of “The Bachelorette.”. «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
4
'Clean slate' for Newport's Lee Evans at Wolves
But, ahead of County's trip to Wolves in the Capital One Cup on August 11, Jackett has confirmed he will offer a clean slate to his squad this ... «Campaign Series, Jul 15»
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If you could start with a clean slate, how would you do our economy …
Economist and author Will Hutton has been critically analysing the direction of the British economy for more than 30 years. Speaking at a social ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Rosler gives Leeds United players a clean slate
UWE ROSLER has insisted “the past is not my problem” after revealing every member of the Leeds United squad has started pre-season with ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
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Clean slate doesn't affect hot Cougars
“We've been playing well, but we also kind of treat this like a brand new season – a clean slate. I've never been a part of something like this, but ... «Kane County Chronicle, Jul 15»
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College of DuPage ex-trustee files complaint against Clean Slate for …
“The Clean Slate ran on a very vocal platform of total transparency and to end all alleged violations of policy, yet their own campaign clearly ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
9
Jonas Gray hopes for clean slate as he competes for a roster spot in …
In an interview with Boston Herald Radio, Jonas Gray talked about putting last season's discipline woes behind him and moving forward. «FantasyPros, Jul 15»
10
Former College of DuPage trustee alleges 'Clean Slate' violated …
The Clean Slate committee successfully backed candidates Deanne Mazzochi, Frank Napolitano and Charles Bernstein in a heated, 12-way ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

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