eliminated

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The latest big-spending and self-funding politician is Tom Steyer, a 2026 Democratic candidate for California governor who looks on track to be eliminated from the race to take over for term-limited incumbent Gavin Newsom.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

In 1979, the state eliminated the need for an excuse to receive an absentee ballot, and an option to choose permanent absentee voting was created in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

However, with world number one Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic both eliminated in the first week, plus defending champion Carlos Alcaraz absent because of injury, the German's route to the title has opened up.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In other words, science evolves, and it does so because theories that fail to develop, or that are unable to adapt in the face of new discoveries, are eliminated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton