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as in elimination
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as in extermination
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Noun
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Members of Unite, the union representing garbage truck workers, walked off the job March 11 over the elimination of a job position and painful pay cuts.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025 -
The evidence of this century does not bode well for an approach that throws ever more money at the Pentagon while decimating non-military tools of statecraft, as has happened with the virtual elimination of the Agency for International Development (AID).—
William Hartung,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The women were taken to a fire station for medical examination and then transported to a Border Patrol station where they were processed for removal from the U.S. The rescue occurred during conditions that saw mountain temperatures nearly reach freezing, Border Patrol said.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Ruffin was quick with her answer, slamming the Republican party for her removal from the WHCA dinner.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Maybe family annihilation is too bleak for a satirical comedy after all.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The question is, as more companies embrace this new era, what jobs are most at risk of annihilation?—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lewis was working within the Neoclassical mode, recycling the stylings of ancient Greece for a new era concerned with enforcing the abolition of slavery.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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But people don't know that Quakers were really instrumental in abolition.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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On March 28, an individual who had been missing since Helene's destruction was found and identified as 66-year-old Russell Wilber, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Wednesday.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The path of destruction stretched about 11 miles in the city outside Tulsa, and radar indicated a possible tornado had formed, according to a statement from city government.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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This erasure of language goes hand in hand with a broader campaign to control what Americans can read and learn.—
Jameelah Nasheed,
Essence,
1 Apr. 2025
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Georgia’s Republican Representative Andrew Clyde called for the renaming of Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza and the erasure of the yellow mural with the movement’s name.—
Karsten Moran,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Oregon Health Authority tracks xylazine, along with other illicit drugs, via mortalities and drug seizures.—
Meira Gebel,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Loneliness, isolation, and lack of purpose are all linked to worse health outcomes and higher mortality.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Eradication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradication. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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