eliminate
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Johnson argues that in doing so, Congress did not eliminate district court jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the statutes themselves.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
The company has increased its efforts to prevent and eliminate harassment and discrimination in the workplace, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
In the Carabao Cup, they fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Old Trafford and eliminate Manchester United.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Treatments designed to eliminate amyloid plaques have significantly changed how Alzheimer's is managed in recent years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
“They decided to eliminate the solo. I’m telling you, Bran, we do a lot better when you’re there.”
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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One of the main ways the body eliminates unwanted cells is through apoptosis, a carefully controlled form of cellular "suicide."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 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
The action "eliminates the final major barriers for private sector investment in Syria and promotes Syria's economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy," he said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The deal eliminates "some of the irritants" that the US has had with Canada, he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It also, incidentally, eliminates the possibility of robots, in complete adjustment, wandering off while still on Earth and thus bringing U. S. Robots face to face with the strict laws against robots on Earth.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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They finished ninth in the conference last season and were eliminated by the Warriors in a play-in game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Several reports seemed to support his claims, citing data from internet monitoring service Cloudflare, that allegedly showed “Russia’s Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
It estimates how much energy the body extracts before food reaches the colon, how much energy microbes produce from the remaining material, and how much ultimately gets absorbed or eliminated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
In May, Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest HBCU, eliminated 79 jobs in the face of an $18 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
I tried to link her to the suspects I had already eliminated from my list, Mr. Sager, Kerns, Dave, Schmidt, Sabbatini.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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If the findings hold up, CBL-514 could represent a different strategy for obesity treatment, one focused on eliminating fat cells rather than simply reducing the amount of fat they contain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Election authorities say the revision was aimed at eliminating duplicate, deceased and fraudulent entries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
This week, Mamdani said that he remains committed to eliminating the unit and decoupling response to protests from counterterrorism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It is also making it clear to employees that eliminating bumping is now a requirement, not a goal, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“While you were off having fun, I was doing the dirty work of defending your old faction, eliminating interfaction conflict...”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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