In a sentence
Six example sentences with eliminate, each labelled with its topic.
A single well-timed trap eliminated the last opponent, and the match finished with eleven seconds still on the clock.
Gaming
A loss on Saturday would eliminate the ninth seed, so the coach played his starters all forty minutes.
Basketball
The kidneys eliminate the drug within six hours, which is why the dose appears on the chart three times daily.
Medicine
Sifting the flour twice eliminates the lumps, so the batter goes into the tin smooth as paint.
Cooking
The patch eliminated the crash that had hit every user who opened two spreadsheets at once.
Technology
The couple eliminated their credit card debt in two years by paying the highest rate first and never adding new charges.
Finance
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