eliminate

Example Sentences

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It will eliminate some jobs, but it will also create and enhance others.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The 2025 US State Department Report on human trafficking accused the government of failing to make significant efforts to eliminate it, never arresting or prosecuting a suspected scam compound operator or owner.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

After applying strict checks to eliminate false positives, they narrowed the list to 130 planets and planet candidates.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The rules would also eliminate the index’s requirement that a minimum of 10% of a member company’s issued shares be free-trading.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck