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eliminate

[ih-lim-uh-neyt] / ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt /


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I hope that they eliminate the scores in the future.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

"I do not understand why anyone who believes that AI will eliminate most jobs and much of humanity's relevance would rush to build that future."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

If lawmakers were to eliminate the cap, they’d have to decide how to treat Social Security benefits.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The consensus profits tallied by Wall Street analysts, often called “Street earnings,” typically exist to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She worried that the giant Clytius had been put in their path to eliminate Leo as a threat.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

“I decide when I’m going to shop or not. It eliminates the impulse to purchase things I wasn’t already thinking about purchasing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Disney’s current proposal also eliminates Easter as a paid holiday, the union said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Slaughter disrupts this design and largely eliminates its incentives for bipartisanship.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

Another provision eliminates a requirement that manufactured homes be built on a permanent chassis, which is expected to lower the cost of such homes.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 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

The strategy you describe — claiming 50% of your spouse’s benefit at 62 and your own larger benefit at a later date — was largely eliminated by Congress in 2015.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

While he was eliminated on the first night, he was a beloved participant for his charming, down-to-earth personality as a grocery store owner from Chicago, earning him the nickname “Grocery Store Joe.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

In a match between two eliminated sides, Livingstone hit 66 from 30 balls, while Brevis struck an unbeaten 55 from 31 as Spirit passed their target of 163 with 18 balls to spare.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

"Now... If you don't get serious, you will be eliminated by the market."

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

The only reason I was barely able to keep up in my classes and fence was because I had eliminated all of the extras from my life.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

If eliminating the debt gives you peace of mind and the interest rate is high enough, go for it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

A rule might involve reversing the digits or eliminating numbers above a certain value.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

For others it is eliminating their food or their homes.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Chase is eliminating benefits for Priority Pass members beginning Aug. 15.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

For the first time since the Interzonal and Candidates’ tournaments began as eliminating contests for the World’s Championship in 1948, the Soviet grandmasters failed to capture first prize.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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