How to Use do away with in a Sentence

do away with

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  • This should do away with any light marks, and should be done on a weekly basis to maintain a nice look.
    Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 27 June 2026
  • Yet in his film, Nolan almost completely does away with Odysseus the trickster.
    Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • Nolan does away with the frame and cuts out the Phaeacians, but the film’s adventure episodes remain largely faithful to the poem.
    Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • The rule change would do away with this objective and instead require action only if the exposure rose to 25 mrem in a year.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
  • This boot’s shaft circumference is a godsend for women with wider-than-average calves, doing away with that constricting feeling once and for all.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
  • The Big 12 did away with its preseason poll, which was determined by votes from the league’s coaches, several seasons ago.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Recent reports claim that Google is finally doing away with the base 128GB storage option for the smaller phones.
    ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
  • Straight Pop If there were any rules left in rap music, then the last few years of intrusive thought rap to come out of Atlanta and the larger Georgia area did away with them altogether.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • But this year, rumors suggest the company is doing away with this upgrade option amid the RAM crunch, or at least adding some fine print that would make customers pay for part of the usually gratis level-up.
    Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • Promoted from defensive line coach to coordinator, Leonard is doing away with the 4-3 and switching to a 3-4 front intended to give the Raiders more flexibility and less predictability.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Trinity Byars made history two years ago, becoming the first active NCAA player to sign with a National Women’s Soccer League club after the league did away with its draft.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did away with most barriers such as poll taxes and other forms of voter discrimination targeting Black Americans in the Deep South.
    ABC News, 30 June 2026

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