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eliminate

[ih-lim-uh-neyt] / ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt /


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The ingredients should freeze reasonably well—otherwise you won’t be particularly thrilled to meet them again—and at least one of them should eliminate a meaningful bit of weeknight prep.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Greer told the New York Times on Saturday that the Trump administration offered to eliminate a 10-percent tariff on softwood lumber, and reduce the 25-percent autos tariff.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

T-cells that eliminate remaining or new cancer cells to prevent recurrence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

They also used genetic techniques that allowed them to selectively eliminate or silence AgRP hunger neurons.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Hale knew that the law prevented anyone from buying or selling a headright, but he’d been confident that lobbying pressure from influential whites would soon eliminate this prohibition.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

A sausage-and-pepper meal starter eliminates most of the chopping; canned tomatoes provide the sauce’s backbone; and a few spoonfuls of prepared sun-dried tomato pesto pull everything into focus.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

The action "eliminates the final major barriers for private sector investment in Syria and promotes Syria's economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy," he said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

The deal eliminates "some of the irritants" that the US has had with Canada, he added.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The proposal may also result in savings as it eliminates Pilgrim’s standalone public company costs, potentially benefiting Pilgrim’s shareholders, JBS said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

That eliminates gorillas and elephants, even though they are vegetarians with admirably nonfinicky food preferences and represent a lot of meat.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In 2001, after four straight years of budget surpluses, the CBO released a 10-year forecast projecting that the national debt would be eliminated by 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

A recent study involving patients with brain tumors, in whom neurogenesis was eliminated by radiation therapy directed at the hippocampus, suggests that the same relationship may exist in humans.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

"Despite tip-fatigue, I do not think tipping is going to be eliminated on widescale anytime soon because the economic disadvantages of eliminating tipping outweigh the advantages," says Lynn.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The step would have eliminated barriers to Zoox’s deployment, but the agency objected.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

It would be unrealistic to suppose that all chemical carcinogens can or will be eliminated from the modern world.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Alex Grinberg, a senior fellow focused on Iran at the Turan Research Center, said the war set back Iran significantly by eliminating infrastructure and people in the nuclear programme and imposing massive economic damage.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

"Despite tip-fatigue, I do not think tipping is going to be eliminated on widescale anytime soon because the economic disadvantages of eliminating tipping outweigh the advantages," says Lynn.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

“Brown-Forman’s stock price has fallen from the mid-$70s per share to the mid-$20s per share over the past three years, eliminating billions of dollars of generational wealth for the Brown family and all other shareholders.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

For example, eliminating the tax cap could increase marginal tax rates on labor income in high-tax states, including New York, California and Oregon, which could discourage workers from earning more.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The other is to provide her with hints about the major divisions of the sentence into phrases, thus eliminating some of the ambiguity in how to build the tree.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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