eliminating

verb

present participle of eliminate
as in excluding
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 eliminating By eliminating the Braves without needing the full five games, the Dodgers afforded themselves three days off, rather than one, before the league championship series. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Consistently blowing past the treat line doesn’t automatically mean eliminating the category. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Consistently blowing past the treat budget doesn’t automatically mean eliminating the category. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 That means eliminating overlapping businesses and jobs in Hollywood, which is already suffering through a downturn. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 If an aggressive approach is starting to undermine that balance, slowing down temporarily could help build a stronger foundation for eliminating the debt for good. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Work with your doctor or RD instead of eliminating whole food groups. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Hilton proposed cutting taxes on the first $150,000 of income, paid for by eliminating high-speed rail funding, and floated building 10 new cities. — Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Cappelli also distinguished between eliminating jobs and eliminating employees. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eliminating
  1. excluding
  2. banning
  3. preventing
  4. barring
  5. prohibiting
Verb
  • At one point, excluding the end of the second quarter, the Ducks turned the ball over on six out of nine drives.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • China’s total debt-to-GDP ratio, excluding the financial sector, doubled since 2010 and has now topped 300%, Capital Economics estimated earlier this year.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of excluding
Verb
  • In April 2022, Congress passed the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, banning imports of Russian energy products.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • No consensus on what counts as a weapon International efforts to negotiate a new framework banning all weapons in space have stalled because there is no agreement on what counts as a space weapon, among other things, according to Samson.
    — Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of banning
Verb
  • There are scores of websites, social-media groups, and YouTube channels dedicated to analyzing and documenting crashes, ostensibly with the goal of preventing future mishaps in flight.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Austrian authorities have cited the headdress’s fragility as the cause preventing its return, as per a joint study by Austrian and Mexican conservators.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of preventing
Verb
  • Shortly after the Pyles filed their lawsuit last year, the judge in the case signed a temporary injunction barring further construction on the office’s upper floor.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a dispute over British sanctions barring the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of barring
Verb
  • Others have more broad statutes prohibiting any kind of intimidating behavior.
    — Danielle Friedman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Newsom last week signed Assembly Bill 2595, which allows San Mateo County to adopt a temporary ordinance prohibiting children younger than 12 from riding Class 1 or Class 2 e-bikes.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibiting

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“Eliminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eliminating. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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