How to Use elimination in a Sentence

elimination

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Asked if this goal, the only one in an elimination game, was his most important for the club, Bouanga broke into a smile.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The pitching struggled on both sides in Sunday’s elimination game as the teams combined to used nine pitchers.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2023
  • This can help flush out toxins and promote hydration, which can aid in the elimination of delta-8.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The same guidance applies to you or your cat when going on an elimination diet.
    Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
  • And what will the elimination of Alain do to his relationship with Fanny?
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That slogan is contested; while some use it as a call for freedom and equal rights, others have used it to call for the elimination of Israel.
    Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • In the final elimination week of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16, the top four queens were given a crash course in an important part of their post-show lives — the art of branding.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Menendez pressed her further, asking if their elimination led to wholesale changes at the bank.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The frequency and amount of delta 8 use also affect its elimination time.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2023
  • The Americans have not needed the third and final group-stage match to learn their tournament fate since 2007, when there was only a slim chance for elimination.
    Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Seth Jarvis scored twice and the Canes snapped an eight-game postseason road losing streak with a 5-2 victory on Sunday, pushing the Islanders to the brink of elimination.
    Tom Canavan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Nick Sanchez was among drivers looking for an edge in the final elimination before the Championship Four 21 days away.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Like the previous versions, there are one-on-one dates, groups dates and elimination rose ceremonies.
    Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • With these changes in our business approach come changes to our resourcing, resulting in the elimination of just over 180 roles.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 13 Nov. 2023

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