How to Use elimination in a Sentence

elimination

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  • The biggest change to the plan is the elimination of apartments on the third and fourth floors.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The blue team’s Brynn, Ryan and James were up for elimination.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • The winner of the challenge is safe from elimination and at the end of the week one villain is sent home.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • He’s had to cover more area than the last couple of years because of the elimination of the shift.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The top four teams from the two five-team pools will advance to the single elimination round.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The elimination of a shift at that plant took effect last month.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The elimination of the Basic plan in the U.S. comes a month after the company made the same move in Canada.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • But first, Cara or Tori will need to make it through the final elimination.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Dodgers lost that game — an elimination game, no less — by, yep, two runs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Hamas has long sought a single, Islamist state in Palestine and the elimination of the state of Israel.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The elimination of a third candidate, Sinan Ogan, leaves the 5.7 percent of voters who chose him, many of them from the right, up for grabs.
    — Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • And that means faster odor elimination so spicy, garlicky foods don’t linger.
    — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Tigers knocked out Tennessee in an elimination game, and beat Wake Forest in back-to-back games to advance to the final.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • Others warn that the rise of text-to-video systems like Sora will hasten the elimination of jobs.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the likes of wrestling and boxing have faced elimination.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Nicholls State will square off with Tulane at 1 p.m. in an elimination game.
    — Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
  • To reach this point, the Wolfpack has had to win seven games in a row, all of them elimination games, in which a loss would have ended their season.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The concept of the fictional show was much more violent — where death was the common way of elimination from the high-stakes game.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The contestants with the fewest votes face elimination.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The announcement that Grant would be the next lead came right after his elimination.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The main part of the analysis is elimination: what can weigh nine solar masses, and not emit any light?
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 July 2022
  • Adjustments start right in the main lobby with the elimination of the large rotating door used in San Diego.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • One night, Real Madrid scored in the 90th and the 91st minutes, going from what would have been elimination to the most remarkable success, all in the blink of an eye.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Still, some experts argue that the elimination of the art of cursive writing has been a loss for many students.
    — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • With the merging of tribes and the 'Heroes' yet to go to another elimination, there's no doubt plenty in store to keep us hooked over the next couple of weeks.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Within two years the board is forced to step in and direct mergers or elimination of colleges.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The two contestants who got the lowest-value cases would be up for elimination against the Banker.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The Brewers had to run through their bullpen arms and came up short anyway, dropping their elimination number to one.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten two very good starts from two very good starters, and so the next game the Dodgers play will be an elimination game.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Trump on the campaign trail called for a lower corporate tax rate, as well as the elimination of taxes on overtime, tipped wages and Social Security benefits.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024

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