eliminate
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PayPal plans to eliminate about 20% of its workforce or roughly 4,500 jobs, over the next two to three years, Bloomberg reported in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I don’t understand why anyone who believes that AI will eliminate most jobs and much of humanity’s relevance would rush to build that future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
One way to support her would be to eliminate some of the legwork.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Since taking office, Warsh has vowed to reduce or eliminate the amount of forward guidance the Fed provides on its decision-making process, a move that has received mixed reactions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Zeus had destroyed an entire hotel to eliminate two demigod children—just to save his own skin, because he was scared of a prophecy.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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Slaughter disrupts this design and largely eliminates its incentives for bipartisanship.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
It eliminates an expensive requirement to build manufactured housing on permanent steel frames, streamlines environmental reviews, and incentivizes cities to provide preapproved home designs, which will simplify things for governments, regulators, and builders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
A postage stamp-sized implant eliminates a dangerous waiting period that has long worsened outcomes for cancer patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
In truth, it undermines program integrity, eliminates key consumer protections, forces consumers into choices that are not to their benefit and saddles states with higher costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He was never a political man, so it is not likely a charge of rebellion drove him out, and he was scrupulously honest, which eliminates the police as prime movers.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Safe and effective vaccines have been widely available since the 1960s; by 2000, the U.S. declared measles eliminated here.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Measles cases have hit a record in the United States not seen since 1991, nearly a decade before the viral disease was declared eliminated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The potential benefits of coffee, however, can be diluted or eliminated by the stuff many people add to it, the authors said, like sugar, syrups and creamers with a lot of saturated fat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Researchers found that gaining coverage improved access to care reduced depression and nearly eliminated catastrophic medical bills.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
When one of them would point at a hound, he was taken down and eliminated from the contest.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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No small part was eliminating suspects who might want Bakley dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Computer-based testing removes one major vulnerability by eliminating the need to print, transport and store millions of question papers.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“President Trump is asking all trading partners to join the United States in eliminating forced labor from global supply chains,” said a statement from Greer’s office.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Among his biggest shake-ups: eliminating a requirements process for weapons purchases that was slow and cumbersome; suspending costly and rigorous cybersecurity requirements; and giving lower-ranked officers more power to buy the weapons they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
On one occasion, Borgenicht realized that his only chance to undercut bigger firms was to convince the wholesalers to sell cloth to him directly, eliminating the middleman.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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