Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican-made cars enter the United States market without duties, essentially erasing the border for the auto industry.

And if Lewis signs with Showtime, doesn't that essentially erase a possible showdown with Bowe on HBO?

For homeowners, the rebate would essentially erase the effects of the 18.5 percent property tax increase that Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council enacted in 2002.

All fifteen rounds from her issue 9mm handgun had scored in the center of the target, essentially erasing the small black circle.

Langoustines were foiled by a single culprit: the applewood bacon that encased and essentially erased them.

Rather, their settlement follows the bi-partisan Belgian model which essentially erases the moderate middle-ground and required every member to choose one side or the other.

G.M.'s market share even ticked down a tenth of a point from the 1998 model year, when a strike shut down production and essentially erased a month's worth of sales.

It wasn't readily apparent, since it alters the entire space/time continuum every time it is activated and essentially erases all traces of its own existence.

The meaning of the art was to essentially erase the clash between tradition (east) and modernity (west).

Its 7-bit code is all-bits-on in binary, which essentially erased a character cell on a paper tape when overpunched.