eliminate
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At the extreme, there is even buzz that the Treasury moves to eliminate 20-year bond auctions entirely, Stanley said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
House of Representatives approved legislation that would eliminate the annual return to standard time in the fall.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
In 2016, Asean countries had set a goal to eliminate haze in the region by 2020.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The program offered investors the ability to defer or eliminate certain capital-gains taxes if they invested in real estate or in businesses in these areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The key was to eliminate Sanders as soon as possible in the third quarter.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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This process eliminates the need for specialists to manually trace the organ's boundaries, reducing the inconsistencies that can arise when different people perform the task.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, signed in 2016, eliminates import duties on 98 percent of products but has not been fully implemented.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
The setup saves some battery costs compared with full EVs and eliminates the need for gas-car parts like a transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A sausage-and-pepper meal starter eliminates most of the chopping; canned tomatoes provide the sauce’s backbone; and a few spoonfuls of prepared sun-dried tomato pesto pull everything into focus.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Typically, each stage of the simulation eliminates one or more of the factions, but in your case, only two have been ruled out.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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In July 2026, when Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs, Coleman wrote that the roles eliminated “are not being replaced by AI.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
“If the Board of Public Works was eliminated and concentrated within the authority of one person, I think that gives way to more corruption than transparency,” Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Roux was - and always was - a faithful during her time on series four, until she was eliminated.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Although William Jacob's original claim from 1855 did not withstand later examination, measurements collected over the following 171 years had never completely eliminated the possibility of giant planets in the system's inner regions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Barriers to re-entry, specifically the myriad laws that operate to discriminate against people with criminal records in every aspect of their social, economic, and political lives, must be eliminated.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Imagine receiving a single treatment that could keep your cholesterol under control for decades, potentially eliminating the need for daily medication.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
In her dissenting opinion, Justice Elena Kagan illustrated the consequences of eliminating these limits with the example of a single check from one individual for $551,300.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Common suggestions include eliminating the income-tax cap, raising the full retirement age, implementing new taxation avenues or altering the cost-of-living adjustment in an effort to boost revenue for the program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Near Methuen in the Merrimack Valley, Dracut Public Schools are considering closing an elementary school that has shrunk to 210 students from almost 300, eliminating busing for some grades and reducing full-day kindergarten to half.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
“We will most likely be eliminating that as a food source for good. But you found other edible things in the jungle, right, Katniss?”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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