elimination

Example Sentences

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The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.

From BBC

The measles outbreak is on track for the U.S. to lose its “measles elimination status.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Such an account would note that he was a slaveholder, but also that he declared the gradual elimination of slavery to be “among my first wishes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a real risk the U.S. could soon lose “measles elimination status,” which occurs when a country experiences continuing transmission for a year or longer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead Napoli were pegged back and as a result dropped into the elimination places with one match remaining, a horrible result for both Napoli and Italy's dwindling reputation on the continental stage.

From Barron's