eliminated

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Minnesota had already eliminated the game’s premier center, Denver’s Nikola Jokic, in the opening playoff round.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Wednesday’s vote came after Louisiana’s Senate held a contentious committee hearing where lawmakers considered four different maps, three of which eliminated at least one or both of the state’s Black-majority districts.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

"Even the cadmium accumulated in childhood will not have been completely eliminated by the time they are over 60," he added.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Centcom said it had "eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking US forces, including missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Zero and infinity had destroyed the Arisotelian philosophy; the void and the infinite cosmos had eliminated the nutshell universe and the idea of nature’s abhorrence of the vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife