ELIMINATE in a Sentence

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The year following the elimination of the distribution centers was, by employee consensus, the worst the company had ever endured.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELIMINATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
eliminate
 v.  completely remove or get rid of; abolish; rule out
Classic Sentence:
1  'I do think sufficient civilization ought to eliminate a lot of the physical disabilities,' said Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  I really think that we may eliminate him entirely from our calculations.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
3  Just as Ellen had done, other plantation mistresses throughout the South had put the pickaninnies through courses of training and elimination to select the best of them for the positions of greater responsibility.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  This attribute was common to most of Lily's set: they had a force of negation which eliminated everything beyond their own range of perception.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
5  Therefore Simpson becomes eliminated from the case, and our attention centres upon Straker and his wife, the only two people who could have chosen curried mutton for supper that night.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
6  Madame Thenardier being dead, Boulatruelle being eliminated from the case, Claquesous having disappeared, the principal persons accused having escaped from prison, the trial connected with the ambush in the Gorbeau house had come to nothing.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
2  A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.
3  This mousse says it's designed to eliminate frizz and make hair glossy and easier to manage.
4  The organization has promised to eliminate cumbersome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
5  America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
6  I think that women doing big things in business is inspirational to others because it helps to eliminate role discrimination.
7  So the EU's offer to eliminate the subsidy was almost universally welcomed.
8  If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their nascent state, we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.
9  CBC says it will edit the encore broadcast of ice dance competition to eliminate images of a French skater's breast that was exposed due to a costume malfunction.
10  Another benefit for business is the elimination of currency risk in the Euro area - the possibility that you might lose money in cross border trade because of exchange rate movements.
11  Two of the commonest and most widely used reactions in synthetic organic chemistry are substitution and elimination.
12  The year following the elimination of the distribution centers was, by employee consensus, the worst the company had ever endured.
13  Find which food you are allergic to by a process of elimination.
14  The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
15  Supporting also have the chance to you but eliminated belongs to me and mesmerizing.