How to Use eliminate in a Sentence

eliminate

verb
  • Doctors seek to eliminate the causes of the epidemic.
  • She's trying to eliminate fatty foods from her diet.
  • The body naturally eliminates waste products.
  • The company plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs in the coming year.
  • The bill that would eliminate the wait would alter a 2005 law.
    Gary Fields, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Remove the laces and soak in soapy water to eliminate dirt and stains.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • As the song goes on, the judges would slowly eliminate each pairing.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Among the items eliminated were 34 percent of the total number of parts in the C4.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The winds will be light all weekend, eliminating the chance of swirling sand.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • Get rid of weeds now The first step would be to eliminate as many weeds as possible.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024
  • And the surest way to eliminate a culture is to eliminate their past.
    Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The goal is to keep eliminating the foliage until the rhizome and roots die.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023
  • At the end of the episode, one survivalist is eliminated.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 July 2023
  • This eliminates the need to bend down or hunch over surfaces while cleaning.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • Test first, find out what’s valuable and eliminate dead weight.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The pellets used by a pellet smoker serve as both the fuel source and the source of the smoky flavor, eliminating one step.
    John Sass, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Supreme Court’s rule, approved in April, was supposed to eliminate this problem.
    Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The Cavs went 51-31 last season before getting eliminated by New York in the first round of the playoffs.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And thank God White Lotus came along and that got eliminated.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
  • The patch could eliminate some of those barriers to access, Barr said.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 May 2023
  • The loser of the Raptors (9)-Bulls (10) game is eliminated.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The ready-to-use meat also eliminates the temptation to overcook the chicken.
    Sheri Castle, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Cummings was first to be eliminated from the show, and asked to apologize for losing.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • One resident said solar fields would not eliminate blight in the city.
    Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024
  • From there, Jordan Heller was eliminated ahead of the Final Three.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • McGovern reached the match-play field of 64 but was eliminated 7 and 6 last Wednesday.
    Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The changes announced Thursday do not mean that companies will eliminate the surcharges, but simply that the fees will be made clear to the consumer.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • Netanyahu had been equally adamant in saying there is no there is no other way to eliminate Hamas.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • One of the most telling parts of the dialogue began when an audience member asked Trump about finding a way to eliminate federal taxes in the future.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Alyssa said, of the duel against Tatianna, before reacting with glee over the memory of RuPaul deciding to keep both queens — and asking them both to eliminate one of the remaining contestants.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024

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