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Recent Examples of eradication
Modern prevention relies on individual action, unlike the sweeping eradication efforts of the 1940s.
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Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Several pediatricians and public health experts told ABC News that high vaccination rates and nationwide vaccination campaigns have led to the eradication of diseases, such as polio, and a low number of cases for other diseases compared to decades ago.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Recovery efforts, like a captive breeding program at the Phoenix Zoo, have helped to bolster the Mount Graham red squirrel’s population, but conservationists fear that the species may be one wildfire away from eradication in the wild.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s largely because, in recent centuries, waves of colonizers globally discouraged or even outlawed the teaching and learning of Indigenous languages — eradication that researchers and technologists like Boyer, as well as organizations like UNESCO, are now working to undo.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Scott says that at its peak, the half-century eradication campaign was run from a facility in Mexico that could produce at least 500 million sterile flies per week.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Savage parasites Screwworms were once endemic to the US before a massive eradication effort that began in the 1950s drove the population out of the US and Central America.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
With mastery of warp flight, and the eradication of prejudice and war among the impossibly high bars applicants had to jump over.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In contrast to previous coca crop eradication efforts that faced sniper attacks and landmines from other groups, the Comandos now claim to allow substitution programs to proceed.
—Bram Ebus, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Several pediatricians and public health experts told ABC News that high vaccination rates and nationwide vaccination campaigns have led to the eradication of diseases, such as polio, and a low number of cases for other diseases compared to decades ago.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Recovery efforts, like a captive breeding program at the Phoenix Zoo, have helped to bolster the Mount Graham red squirrel’s population, but conservationists fear that the species may be one wildfire away from eradication in the wild.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s largely because, in recent centuries, waves of colonizers globally discouraged or even outlawed the teaching and learning of Indigenous languages — eradication that researchers and technologists like Boyer, as well as organizations like UNESCO, are now working to undo.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Scott says that at its peak, the half-century eradication campaign was run from a facility in Mexico that could produce at least 500 million sterile flies per week.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Savage parasites Screwworms were once endemic to the US before a massive eradication effort that began in the 1950s drove the population out of the US and Central America.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
With mastery of warp flight, and the eradication of prejudice and war among the impossibly high bars applicants had to jump over.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In contrast to previous coca crop eradication efforts that faced sniper attacks and landmines from other groups, the Comandos now claim to allow substitution programs to proceed.
—Bram Ebus, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
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Sometimes these tipping points arrive at a national scale, such as in the elimination of coal power or the uptake of offshore wind.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Gastrointestinal disorders affect a dog's stomach and intestines, disrupting digestion, nutrient absorption and waste elimination, according to Hill's Pet.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet this divide-and-conquer approach, combined with the relentless attacks on civilians, has also entrenched resistance among ordinary Gazans, who now perceive Israel as undertaking a war of extermination.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With Brown's impending court date set for later this month, Republicans are calling for the removal of Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who lawmakers argue didn't hold Brown accountable for his past alleged crimes.—
Tierra Cunningham,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Anyone making the case for Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s annihilation then is making the case for our annihilation now.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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But this time the culprit is biological annihilation caused by humans rather than a city-size asteroid.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Calls for full voting rights increased after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bolsonaro, 70, was found guilty on all five counts he was charged with — attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and two counts relating to destruction of state property.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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The developing cauldron would trap Russian troops with few options beyond surrender or destruction.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Earth, meanwhile, has so far been unable to bring about its own destruction.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fashion commentators declared that Lamar had achieved the impossible—reviving a style of pants widely believed to be lost to time and the liquidation of Wet Seal.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Free Speech Systems' bankruptcy was dismissed, while Jones' personal case was converted to liquidation.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rosie O'Donnell recalled her devastation over how her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres fell apart more than 20 years ago.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, moves toward open Saudi diplomatic recognition of Israel were stopped by Hamas’ attack and the global backlash that followed Israel’s ongoing devastation of Gaza.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Eradication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradication. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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