eliminated

verb

past tense of eliminate
as in excluded
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the stiff entry fee is intended to eliminate less-than-serious competitors

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Recent Examples of eliminated Jokic and the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Minnesota. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 Pathways to safety and citizenship for people like me have all but been eliminated. — Brady Tillett, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026 In 2022, the school eliminated loans entirely from undergraduate aid awards. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026 The use of standardized testing for admissions was eliminated by the UC regents in a controversial 2020 vote. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 France will play Paraguay in the round of 16 on Saturday, facing the team that eliminated Germany in a shocking upset during a penalty shootout on Monday. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 July 2026 Bumping rights, which allow senior staff whose positions have been eliminated to take roles held by less senior staff, are available to union workers who are represented by Workers United Local 2550 and its international group. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 7 July 2026 The 2026 World Cup party will go on without any of its three hosts, as Team USA was outclassed 4-1 by Belgium Monday night and eliminated in the Round of 16. — Miami Herald, 7 July 2026 But these were modest margins relative to the chasm that separated the USMNT and eventual world champions Brazil in their 1994 meeting at the same stage, or even the 2014 team that was eliminated by a better version of Belgium than this one. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eliminated
  1. excluded
  2. banned
  3. prevented
  4. prohibited
Verb
  • Employers can contribute up to $2,500 per year under an employer contribution program, and that amount counts toward the $5,000 cap but is generally excluded from the employee’s taxable income when structured through that employer program.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • As previously discussed, thousands of children of Americans abroad are excluded from the initial $1,000 seed deposit because of narrow citizenship and residency definitions.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of excluded
Verb
  • When you're banned from a show — and if you guys know me, I'm banned from most of them.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • Florida cities ramped up their enforcement after Tallahassee banned public camping statewide in 2024, telling local governments to get people off their streets or risk lawsuits.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of banned
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  • Only a strong relay throw home by second baseman Miguel Rojas and a successful challenge prevented Hunter Goodman from scoring a go-ahead run.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • But Russian athletes in some sports, most notably track and field, will still likely be prevented from competing because of international sports federations’ policies regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of prevented
Verb
  • Items including coolers, folding chairs, frisbees, balls, metal drink containers and aerosol cans — including spray sunscreen — are prohibited.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Journalists, however, were prohibited from revealing plot points or celebrity cameos.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 4 July 2026
Definition of prohibited

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