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The warehousing sector led the increase in job-cutting announcements, slashing nearly 48,000 roles, while tech companies said they were eliminating more than 33,000 jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“All they did was say they were eliminating the Feb. 29 deadline and that they were looking at other options,” Hammons said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

In January, five major banks announced that they were eliminating or reducing account fees:

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022

In March 2021, an internal assessment allegedly discovered that Facebook's automated takedown efforts were eliminating posts generating only an estimated 3 to 5% of total views of hate speech.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

Employers were eliminating jobs no longer needed now that the war was over.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield