elimination
Example Sentences
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It also allowed teams in second and third, on three points and at risk of elimination, to play out a draw and both go through.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
The characterization departs from how political scientists typically define communism, which is generally understood as an ideology centered on collective ownership of the means of production and the elimination of private ownership of productive assets.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Both results would ease its way through the elimination rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
“This seeming anomaly forces a reminder that commodity futures are anticipatory, and it is obvious that the speculative entities are expecting an elimination of the large crude deficit that currently exists.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Hence the elimination of Saturday classes, the shortening of the school day, and the lengthening of vacation—all of which occurred over the course of the nineteenth century.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing elimination
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Commence Your Life!
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