eliminate
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The numbers point towards a player who looks to eliminate defenders himself rather than orchestrate attacks from wide areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Hundreds of Taiwanese citizens began examining LiDAR profile images and helping the researchers eliminate tens of thousands of false candidates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
But a strong quarter would not eliminate the coming supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The firm denied the allegations and said a rival lawyer was trying to eliminate competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
In other words, at this rate of loss it would take about 300 years to eliminate Buffalo’s elms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Some criticism of the situation has involved concerns over the Schengen Area - an agreement which eliminates border checks and now encompasses more than 450 million people and 29 countries in Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Slaughter disrupts this design and largely eliminates its incentives for bipartisanship.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Another provision eliminates a requirement that manufactured homes be built on a permanent chassis, which is expected to lower the cost of such homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 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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Over the years, the company has eliminated flavors, including cherry, while shrinking its containers—from eight ounces to six to 5.3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Conor McVeigh would like to see bTB "completely eliminated"
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The findings suggest that mathematical limits cannot be eliminated, but they do not prevent countries from designing electoral systems that balance the three competing goals more successfully.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 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
There might still be as many as four Horcruxes out there somewhere, and each would need to be found and eliminated before there was even a possibility that Voldemort could be killed.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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About 400 of the roughly 4,000 apparel factories in the country have shut over the past two years, eliminating tens of thousands of jobs, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
When Melton became mayor in 2024, he said he sought advice from Detroit’s then-mayor, Mike Duggan, who had helped revitalize his city by eliminating blighted buildings and curbing the population exodus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
And contact—involvement—was what I had spent years eliminating entirely from my life.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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