How to Use blank slate in a Sentence

blank slate

noun
  • She viewed her students as blank slates, just waiting to be filled with knowledge.
  • Ukraine isn’t an open desert, and the maps aren’t a blank slate.
    — Mark Kimmitt, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Every founder wants a blank slate.
    — Ajit Samuel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • But a blank slate can work in his favor, too.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Scouts aren’t starting with a blank slate.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hayes had a blank slate to fill, a team to construct from scratch.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • So if the idea of meal prep stresses you out, start with a blank slate.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2020
  • What the new work does show is that our muscle mass is not a blank slate.
    — Bonnie Tsui, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
  • His face is a blank slate with phantom thoughts scribbled on it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Miami’s a blank slate at this point.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Pound cake is a bit of a blank slate, so feel free to flavor the base as your see fit.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The one thing that could work for him is Heavey is mostly a blank slate.
    — cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • This rice is no blank slate, no side-of-starch, no white-carton staple.
    — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The basketball program though, is kind of like a blank slate.
    — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Now, through a harrowing turn of events, they were given a blank slate.
    — Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Along with the cash prize, each finalist received the gift of a blank slate of time.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2021
  • Mie, in this case, is the blank slate, constantly losing a sense of what was there.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • As the poor sap caught in the middle of this all, Daniel is largely a blank slate.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But having to start fresh with a blank slate and say, ‘OK, who are these guys?
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The fact that the transfers were coming in with a blank slate just like a new coaching staff helped too.
    — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In it, her newest innie comes to life and is a completely blank slate.
    — Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The effort to present a blank slate to voters would become that much harder.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Compared to other rooms in the home, a living room is almost like a blank slate.
    — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
  • But the blank slate of a new home can elicit blank stares from prospective homebuyers.
    — Stephanie Walden, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The new building does this while acknowledging that no piece of the city is a blank slate.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Nov. 2021
  • But everyone starts with a blank slate, and building credit can take time to build.
    — Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • When my husband and I purchased our first home, the yard was pretty much a blank slate.
    — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The front office has somewhat of a blank slate to start over in 2026.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Bring life to the blank slate of your modern kitchen with these tips on how to embrace color in your design.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Nothing’s happened yet and the day is a completely blank slate for the taking.
    — refinery29.com, 24 June 2020

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