do away with
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"If you care about having the conversation, surely you want to try in a humane way to convince the other person, not do away with them," she told the New York Times.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I just think that we need to do away with that argument,” he said, suggesting it was being pushed by opponents for lack of a coherent vision or winning message of their own.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
“None of our friends and family ever walk through our front door,” said James, so they decided to do away with the formality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
You could do away with that practice, but that’s not what this settlement is going to accomplish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
These flexible sheets of cedar also allowed Pocock to do away with the endless nailing of planks to the boat’s ribs.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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