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eliminate

[ih-lim-uh-neyt] / ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt /


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From this perspective, production quotas and financial penalties regulate the consequences of consolidation but do not eliminate the underlying market power.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

Moving the event indoors to an arena like London's O2 would eliminate weather risks, but at the cost of sacrificing tens of thousands of ticket sales.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

A chemical that kills immediately could eliminate exposed termites before they have much opportunity to interact with nestmates.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

But I saw what can happen when talented people leave their private-sector lives for a mission to eliminate the deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

He wanted the nation’s attention on his sweeping plans for his Great Society initiatives: a series of economic and social reforms to eliminate poverty and social injustice.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

One of the main ways the body eliminates unwanted cells is through apoptosis, a carefully controlled form of cellular "suicide."

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

The setup saves some battery costs compared with full EVs and eliminates the need for gas-car parts like a transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

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

"But he invented a product that eliminates foot odor. Here, I've got a sample in my briefcase. I wish I had more. You two could bathe in it."

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

Its towering, mostly unbroken face and narrow swimming pool suggested a rampart and a moat, but behind the concrete exterior, Caland eliminated every door save the guest bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

Aside from moving the play to a new culture more than a century after it was originally set, Mr. Stone hews closely to Chekhov’s text, although he has eliminated or conflated a few minor characters.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The natural killer receptors allowed the engineered T cells to destroy cancer cells that could not be eliminated through the NY-ESO-1 targeting pathway alone.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Texas once had renewable mandates but eliminated them.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

With unbelievable nerve, Picasso, along with Georges Braque, a housepainter turned modernist painter, eliminated almost all color and perspective from their work.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Structural fumigation remains one of the most effective methods for eliminating drywood termite infestations throughout an entire building.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Anthropic’s head of alignment science, Evan Hubinger, echoed that sentiment, posting on X that he sees a “greater than 10% chance” of AI eliminating humanity within the decade.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

Nike named Walmart’s Jane Ewing as its chief commercial officer, months after it said it was eliminating the position.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The Port of Long Beach is working toward a goal of doubling its container volume by 2050 — and eliminating its carbon emissions along the way.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It made a ticking noise as it churned through Enigma settings at incredible speed, eliminating wrong solutions far faster than possible by hand.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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