eliminate
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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
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“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
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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
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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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