eliminate
verb (used with object)
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
eliminates
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present tense formof eliminate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A sausage-and-pepper meal starter eliminates most of the chopping; canned tomatoes provide the sauce’s backbone; and a few spoonfuls of prepared sun-dried tomato pesto pull everything into focus.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The company ranks suppliers by their flexibility and ability to deliver urgent orders, and regularly eliminates the poorest performers, according to a 2021 Zhongtai Securities report.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I decide when I’m going to shop or not. It eliminates the impulse to purchase things I wasn’t already thinking about purchasing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some criticism of the situation has involved concerns over the Schengen Area - an agreement which eliminates border checks and now encompasses more than 450 million people and 29 countries in Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
That eliminates gorillas and elephants, even though they are vegetarians with admirably nonfinicky food preferences and represent a lot of meat.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
