eliminate
verb (used with object)
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
was eliminating
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past progressiveof eliminate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Nike named Walmart’s Jane Ewing as its chief commercial officer, months after it said it was eliminating the position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
No small part was eliminating suspects who might want Bakley dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Microsoft said Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs -- roughly two percent of its global workforce -- in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The biggest change the family made, though, was eliminating toddler formula from his diet.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024
He believed that his plan was working well, since it was eliminating the comparatively innocent from the guilty.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic
