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Recent Examples of eradication
Does the Doctrine of Christian Discovery demonstrate that Christianity was in fact the driving force behind the colonization, exploitation, and eradication of Indigenous peoples around the world?
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
While full eradication isn’t likely from handpicking alone, a smaller pest population will harm the plants, ultimately making for more successful harvests.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
The biotech company soared nearly 30% on the back of positive Phase 2 data , which showed that the company’s CAR T treatment showed improved eradication of cancer cells in lymphoma patients.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Pakistan’s polio eradication program has been running anti-polio campaigns for years, though health workers and the police assigned to protect them are often targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Glenneda Zuiderveld had voted against funding the eradication of invasive quagga mussels from the Snake River and against law enforcement budgets, Naerebout said.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
Huntr/x’s path toward demon eradication gets complicated when a demon boy band comes on the scene and starts attracting a fan base of their own.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Today, polio is on the ropes, down 99 percent worldwide since that press conference, with outbreaks confined to a handful of countries and eradication efforts continuing.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The Gates Foundation funding was to support a polio eradication campaign in parts of rural Pakistan and Afghanistan, where years of vaccination progress had been undone after a CIA operation in Pakistan in which agents posed as vaccinators while hunting for Osama bin Laden.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
While full eradication isn’t likely from handpicking alone, a smaller pest population will harm the plants, ultimately making for more successful harvests.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
The biotech company soared nearly 30% on the back of positive Phase 2 data , which showed that the company’s CAR T treatment showed improved eradication of cancer cells in lymphoma patients.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Pakistan’s polio eradication program has been running anti-polio campaigns for years, though health workers and the police assigned to protect them are often targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Glenneda Zuiderveld had voted against funding the eradication of invasive quagga mussels from the Snake River and against law enforcement budgets, Naerebout said.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
Huntr/x’s path toward demon eradication gets complicated when a demon boy band comes on the scene and starts attracting a fan base of their own.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Today, polio is on the ropes, down 99 percent worldwide since that press conference, with outbreaks confined to a handful of countries and eradication efforts continuing.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The Gates Foundation funding was to support a polio eradication campaign in parts of rural Pakistan and Afghanistan, where years of vaccination progress had been undone after a CIA operation in Pakistan in which agents posed as vaccinators while hunting for Osama bin Laden.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
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Trump did not foresee the California Democratic voters matching Texas with the elimination of five House Republican seats and culminating last Tuesday with Virginia voters removing four Republican seats for four Democratic seats.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Amen Thompson scored 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 115-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series Sunday night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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When the ants come marching in, many of us frantically raid our cabinets and garage shelves for any means of immediate extermination.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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When members of the crew begin to die, the line between spectacle and extermination starts to blur.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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The asbestos removal work will be done on the rear portion of the data center property on Windsor Street, once a parking lot.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Two hydroelectric dams on Washington’s Elwha River were removed in 2011 and 2014 after the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others lobbied for their removal for decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Looming over the competition is the threat of nuclear annihilation that a calculating KGB agent warns his American counterpart is a very real danger if this contest doesn’t go off as planned.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Facing the threat of annihilation, Iran’s regime has dismantled its traditional system of rival power centers that competed for almost five decades.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Establishment of federal observers The key contribution of the Voting Rights Act that Americans are typically taught about in school is its abolition of racial discrimination in voting.—
Allison Mashell Mitchell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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The temperance, abolition, and civil-rights movements in America were all motivated in part by religious convictions.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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One chapter closes, another opens The destruction of several Russian Kamov Ka-52s using drones doesn’t signal the end of the attack helicopter by any means.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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The pace of destruction was terrifying.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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The threat of Spirit Airline's liquidation came as a result of the carrier skipping an interest payment, CBS News has learned.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Spirit’s lawyer told bankruptcy court the airline needs new financing or access to $240 million by the end of next week, warning liquidation could eliminate more than 14,000 jobs.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Despite the devastation, the family has received an outpouring of support from the community, something Jackeline Madrid said reflects who her father was.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the two years following Hurricane Maria's devastation in Puerto Rico in 2017, overdose reports increased, another study found.—
Andrew Jones,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Eradication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradication. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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