accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative

Focus on the positive rather than the negative. If you're feeling down, try to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. Focus on the good things in your life! It can be very hard to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative when you're in a bout of depression. My wife left me. How can I "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative" in a situation like this, huh?

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eliminate (someone or something) from (something)

To remove or take someone or something away from something. A loss tonight would eliminate my team from the playoffs. We need to eliminate all dairy from this recipe because Jim is a vegan. You can eliminate those two places from the table—Daisy and Tim aren't coming after all.

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eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive

Focus on the positive rather than the negative. If you're feeling down, try to eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive. Focus on the good things in your life! It can be very hard to eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive when you're in a bout of depression. My wife left me. How can I "eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive" in a situation like this, huh?

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eliminated

slang Murdered. Ray eliminated the informant, just as the boss told him to. A sniper positioned high above City Hall eliminated the mayor and created a panic. By shooting at each other in such a crowded area, those thugs could have easily eliminated an innocent bystander.

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eliminate someone or something from something

to remove someone or something from something. We had to eliminate Jeff from the list. The cook eliminated veal from the menu. She sought to eliminate herself from consideration.

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eliminated

1. mod. killed. When Frank is eliminated, there will be no competition.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. How can anybody get eliminated on four beers?

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* Eliminate teachers for business education, family & consumer science and health

Adequate' Pittsfield schools? A detailed and eye-opening look at the insufficiency of the state of NH's education funding payments

Stem-to-stem shutoff eliminates stringing and drool.

Hot shots: new nozzles and controls add sizzle to runnerless molding

The new CDC study, says Willett, "took only half-hearted measures to exclude people with chronic disease." It didn't eliminate people who knew they were ill.

The weight debate: is that spare tire a lifesaver?

This add-on eliminates data entry and improves cash management, by completely automating the tenant billing process.

A new virtual reality for tenant billing process

It is impossible to eliminate all toxins in our environment.

Vibrant well-being & optimal health through detoxification

As a complement to screening, Alford and many other scientists are pursuing technologies that will eliminate, or at least reduce, a variety of pathogens that might get into the blood supply or therapeutic products derived from blood.

Getting the bugs out of blood: the quest for a zero-risk blood supply

The "green school" is a new design concept that will help eliminate some of these problems with IAQ.

School indoor air quality

Most processors collect these items manually now, but a computer-controlled system can eliminate the human mathematical errors that can occur.

Getting the job done: several manufacturers provide insight on what qualities to look for when selecting a baler. (Baler Focus)

Aggressively using their combined cash flow to eliminate debt also helped the couple eliminate about $10,000 in credit card and other debt shortly after the wedding.

for RICHER or Poorer?

To eliminate AMT, the client should sell enough stock before year-end to cause the regular tax to equal, but not exceed, tentative minimum tax.

CHANGING TIDES

Abstract: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010), a five-year demonstration project is part of the DHHS response to the President's race initiative and goal for 2010 to eliminate disparities in health status experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations in sixpriority areas.

Reach 2010: a unique opportunity to create strategies to eliminate health disparities among women of color

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a policy urging hospital administrators to eliminate mercury-containing devices such as blood pressure monitors from their facilities.

Minimizing Mercury in Medicine

She has also inspired countless individuals, including myself, through her writing, her activism, and her life, to stand up for what we believe in and to take steps to eliminate injustice and inequality in our community, country or world.

Alice Walker

proposal to eliminate trade tariffs for lumber and other forest products.

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