How to Use elimination in a Sentence

elimination

noun
  • That is even more true with five teams pushed to the brink of elimination.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Two teams from each pool move on to the elimination rounds.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Dodgers lost that game — an elimination game, no less — by, yep, two runs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The last team to arrive at the pit stop may face elimination.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Who is safe from elimination this week?
    — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The elimination of a shift at that plant took effect last month.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The goal is to win and get to the double-elimination round.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Phoenix’s loss moved the Suns to the front porch of elimination.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Or again, even the total elimination of the wage base.
    — Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Both results would ease its way through the elimination rounds.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • And that means faster odor elimination so spicy, garlicky foods don’t linger.
    — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Dodgers, faced with the prospect of elimination, all chose to be on the field.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, Elaine was saved from elimination.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There have been two eliminations and both have been blindsides.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Now for some elimination-game stakes.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The ninth- and 10th-place teams face off in an elimination game.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • What did the judges say about the elimination delay?
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Hence, the elimination of the 'old-timer' from the signage.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Hence, the elimination of the 'old-timer' from the signage.
    — Anna Commander gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Last week saw Josh go home at the hands of Kyle in elimination.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Trost said one of the most severe changes would be the elimination of an entire line.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The biggest change to the plan is the elimination of apartments on the third and fourth floors.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
  • This is April, and no one is facing elimination any time soon.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The top four teams from the two five-team pools will advance to the single elimination round.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • What would be worse than a Round 1 elimination?
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In elimination rounds riders are placed in a head to head bracket.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Yet this does not mean wholesale job elimination.
    — Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Johnson, a junior, was one jump away from elimination in the high jump.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
  • And why was last night's elimination so touching?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
  • And that mistake could lead to their elimination.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026

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