eliminated

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The Braves had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t push across any runs and were eliminated in a first-round Division I game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The latest big-spending and self-funding politician is Tom Steyer, a 2026 Democratic candidate for California governor who looks on track to be eliminated from the race to take over for term-limited incumbent Gavin Newsom.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

In response to this crunch, the U.N. has implemented historically large spending cuts, eliminated 3,000 secretariat posts, and slashed peacekeeping expenditures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Indeed, when the economists eliminated the $3 fine in the seventeenth week of their study, the number of late-arriving parents didn’t change.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt