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Recent Examples of eradicated
Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
By the 2000s, North America eradicated screwworm.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Crocodilian ancestors have persisted through mass extinctions, dramatic climate shifts and ecological upheavals that have eradicated countless other lineages.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Such tactics have not been, and probably will never be, eradicated from the game.
—Cesar R. Torres, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where polio has not been eradicated, according to the World Health Organization.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Pluckebaum said, using a term that means a community has essentially eradicated homelessness.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Mauigoa has a high ceiling but the leaning must be eradicated.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
By the 2000s, North America eradicated screwworm.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Crocodilian ancestors have persisted through mass extinctions, dramatic climate shifts and ecological upheavals that have eradicated countless other lineages.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Such tactics have not been, and probably will never be, eradicated from the game.
—Cesar R. Torres, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where polio has not been eradicated, according to the World Health Organization.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Pluckebaum said, using a term that means a community has essentially eradicated homelessness.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Mauigoa has a high ceiling but the leaning must be eradicated.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradicated
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Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Its history, however, must not be erased.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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More people know about the kafala system, which exploited the migrant workers who built the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup; this was technically abolished in 2017, but workers’ rights issues there remain.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Code Noir became toothless when France abolished slavery in 1848, but no one ever formally struck it from the books.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed more than 350 Ukrainian drones over territories both close to the border but also as further afield as Moscow, St Petersburg, and Novgorod in the country’s west, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Twelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-story apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.—
Valentyn Ogirenko,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Article continues below Jen (voiced by Stephen Garlick), who is a member of another, near-extinct race called Gelflings, was raised by Mystics after Skeksis wiped out his extended family.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cut away any damaged or bruised areas; throw away the outer leaves of lettuce and cabbage heads.—
Emerson Latham,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
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Photos from the scene showed charred and damaged brickwork on the roof of the 10-story apartment block which Romanian authorities said was hit by a drone that exploded on impact, tearing through a top-floor flat.—
George Calin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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