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.
• 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
• And the surest way to eliminate a culture is to eliminate their past.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• At the end of the episode, one survivalist is eliminated.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 9 July 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 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
• McGovern reached the match-play field of 64 but was eliminated 7 and 6 last Wednesday.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 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
• If Hugo would've been wrong, he would've been eliminated instead.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• On The Go The heated plate of this lunchbox eliminates the need to wait in line for the microwave or suffer cold bites of your once deliciously hot meal.
  — Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
• This is why most efforts fail–and why lasting progress requires eliminating all of the rules and then starting fresh with a new approach.
  — Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
• Two of those three base runners were eliminated with ground-ball double plays.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
• It was then revealed that Adrian and Britt were the couple getting eliminated this week.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• The cookie certainly crumbled for the Sixers for the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the second round for the third straight season.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 27 June 2023
• The picture sharpened for the Aztecs with Tuesday’s loss, eliminating them from the title race as well as the top three seeds in the conference tournament.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The policy would eliminate the need for agreements with the nearby school and allow more units than the existing zoning.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• Four drivers will be eliminated after the third, sixth and ninth races, leaving a final four to battle for the championship.
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• The best part is that meals show up fresh, prepared, and kid-tested, eliminating a lot of arguments and dinnertime stress.
  — Carrie Havranek, Parents, 11 Aug. 2023
• The loser of this matchup is eliminated from playoff contention, while the winner of this matchup goes on the road to take on the loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in game on Friday for the right to the conference’s No. 8 playoff seed.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
• City officials will eliminate candidates whose answers do not best align with the city’s goals for its next police chief.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024