was eliminating

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of eliminate.
  eliminate

  verb (used with object)

  to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.

Example Sentences

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was eliminating

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

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency was eliminating the federal credits that contributed to stop-start’s widespread adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The biggest change the family made, though, was eliminating toddler formula from his diet.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024

War experience was eliminating small battleships, and therewith it called for a type intermediate between battleships and cruisers, with whose functions we shall have to deal directly.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett

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