Sentence examples for eliminating distinctions from inspiring English sources

He duly apologised for claiming his book as high art, and told newspapers that he and Winfrey were actually united in the great joint jihad of eliminating distinctions between high and low novels.

Theological politics tends to eliminate distinctions and is impatient with differences, empathy and argument.

Re "A Rabbi of His Time, With a Charisma That Transcends It" (Connections column, Arts pages, Dec. 24), about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Edward Rothsteinn writes that theological politics "tends to eliminate distinctions and is impatient with differences, empathy and argument".

In "Less Is Less," a 1986 essay in Harper's Magazine by the novelist Madison Smartt Bell, such writing was derided for its alleged "obsessive concern for surface detail, a tendency to ignore or eliminate distinctions among the people it renders, and a studiedly deterministic, at times nihilistic, vision of the world".

The restructuring of the categories and combination of Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group back into Best Rap Performance was the consequence of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate distinctions between solo and duo or group performances.

Still, eliminating gender distinctions in sports is one of those thought experiments that, like tossing fat men in front of trolleys, may usefully clarify philosophical points but is unlikely to meet with approval in real life, at least in the near future.

Radio navigation systems that can provide continuous indication of position are eliminating the distinction between position fixing and dead reckoning.

Eliminating the distinction between profit-making and tax-exempt institutions would also level the playing field in areas where both types of organizations operate.

"What we're doing with AutoRip is bringing the cloud to physical music, eliminating that distinction," said Steve Boom, Amazon's vice president for digital music.

Environmental theatre, a branch of the New Theatre movement of the 1960s that aimed to heighten audience awareness of theatre by eliminating the distinction between the audience's and the actors' space.

His vision of a radically transparent society built on open information sharing (on Facebook) is based on the idea that we should all just acknowledge and embrace all the disparate ways we act online, effectively eliminating the distinction between private action and performance.