eradication
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Texas also hosts a $9.6 billion white-tailed deer hunting industry, reliant on a population that has boomed since screwworm’s eradication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The next phase of the country's development will be the eradication of extreme poverty. That is one of his priorities," said one of Wadagni's close associates.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Prime Minister Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later praised the military, pledging to "continue the war against terrorism until its complete eradication".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Calling the eradication of extortion “one of the great challenges” facing Mexico, Sheinbaum pledged to bolster enforcement, stiffen penalties and increase safeguards for anyone receiving threats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Foege was one of the people responsible for the eradication of smallpox in the world and was known to favor unconventional solutions to supposedly impossible problems.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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There have been successful local disease eradications, but they often came at a price.
From Nature ● Oct. 14, 2019
Such eradications require almost military-scale logistics and precision, which is why Campbell has been desperately seeking an alternative to the blunt-force tools of current techniques.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2017
And whereas most rat eradications so far have targeted remote, uninhabited islands, the Galapagos is home to some 30,000 people and receives around 180,000 visitors each year.
From Nature ● May 15, 2013
All together, if successful, these rat eradications would be the thin end of a wedge to make other rat-infested islands in the park, which currently total 16, rat-free.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2012
History proves that persecution never triumphs in its attempted eradications.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
Vocabulary lists containing eradication
President Obama's Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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"Ideas Live On" by Benazir Bhutto (2007)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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