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Recent Examples of eradication
Only 236 kākāpō exist today, the vast majority on publicly inaccessible islands that have undergone pest-eradication programs.
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Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 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
The Los Angeles County’s Office of County Counsel recently wrote the island’s conservancy a stern letter asking for a stay of the eradication plan.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Supporters of the legislation, among them LaMark Muir, said bureaucratic delays in approving permits to apply herbicide has weakened eradication efforts.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
These species can find refuge in untreated corners, then spread again once eradication and prevention efforts let up.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Iran has long been a threat to Israel’s security with a profoundly hostile regime openly calling for its eradication.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
With our eradication of the majority of the planet’s natural ecosystems, environmental/ecological collapse could become severe enough to wipe out most or even all of the current human population.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Florida wildlife experts say full eradication is no longer considered feasible, according to USGS and researchers at the University of Florida.
—Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 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
The Los Angeles County’s Office of County Counsel recently wrote the island’s conservancy a stern letter asking for a stay of the eradication plan.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Supporters of the legislation, among them LaMark Muir, said bureaucratic delays in approving permits to apply herbicide has weakened eradication efforts.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
These species can find refuge in untreated corners, then spread again once eradication and prevention efforts let up.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Iran has long been a threat to Israel’s security with a profoundly hostile regime openly calling for its eradication.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
With our eradication of the majority of the planet’s natural ecosystems, environmental/ecological collapse could become severe enough to wipe out most or even all of the current human population.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Florida wildlife experts say full eradication is no longer considered feasible, according to USGS and researchers at the University of Florida.
—Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
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Mediators have floated the idea that perhaps access to the Strait of Hormuz and the elimination of Iran's uranium stockpile could be fully resolved after a ceasefire is reached.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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No other program seems remotely close to constructing a roster capable of winning six single-elimination games.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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While extinctions are always multi-faceted, the extermination of some species can be almost directly linked to the insatiable appetites of modern humans.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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All of his family except Harris and two of his sisters was deported to the Nazis’ Treblinka extermination camp and ultimately murdered.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Calls for context or conversation While some Black leaders are calling for the statue's removal, others said that, at a minimum, more historical context should be added.—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The city’s chief financial officer, Ashley Groffenberger said the City Hall budget gap was due in part to overspending on snow removal due to two major winter storms and public safety overtime.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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These warnings were prescient, as the ensuing decades of the Cold War repeatedly brought the world to the brink of annihilation.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Despite concerns over road vibrations, the particles survived the journey without annihilation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 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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The conflict looks set to batter allies’ economies by driving inflation up and hitting economic growth, while analysts have questioned the feasibility of Washington’s goals — whether regime change, or destruction of Tehran’s nuclear program or its missile stockpiles.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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The storm’s heavy rains caused widespread flooding that killed at least 43 people and led to the destruction of banana plantations, sorghum, beans, cassava, coffee and other crops as well as the loss of livestock.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rumors of liquidation circulated — in the middle of the NBA and NHL seasons — but Main Street has so far been able to stave that off.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Phase 1 will see only unliquidated entries, along with entries that fall within the 90-day voluntary liquidation period, processed for refunds.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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But through this devastation came a discovery.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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But if the technology went rogue, or fell into the wrong hands, the devastation could be total.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Eradication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradication. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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