eliminate

Example Sentences

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She was the fourth contestant to be eliminated, despite achieving consistently high scores from the judges, and later said during an Instagram Live that she had been “bullied off the show.”

From MarketWatch

Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham were all eliminated - the first time four sides from a single nation have gone out at the same stage - having each suffered heavy defeats across their respective ties.

From BBC

Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie told parliament that the government was confident that greyhound racing "on oval tracks exposes dogs to significant risks that cannot be eliminated by other measures".

From BBC

Article 82 states that if a team "leaves the ground before the regular end of the match without the authorisation of the referee", they are eliminated.

From BBC

The source of the stock market’s below-average returns during widely followed sports tournaments is the behavior of investors whose favorite team has lost and thereby eliminated from competition.

From MarketWatch