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as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house
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as in to rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant
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as in to deprive
to take something away from
he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered
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Recent Examples of divest
That deal required Endeavor to divest itself of the WME Sports’ football representation department which is made up of eleven agents and around a hundred athlete and coaching clients and which Whitesell was more than happy to scoop up and spin off into a separate company.
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Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Activist groups at both universities erected controversial encampments in May 2024, calling for the higher education institutions to divest from Israel.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
Student activists staged the demonstrations in an attempt to get their universities to divest from companies linked to the Israeli government.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
TikTok could be effectively banned in the U.S. on April 5 because of a national security law originally signed by former President Joe Biden that requires its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest the app’s American operations.
—Jonathan Vanian,zach Vallese, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
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Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Activist groups at both universities erected controversial encampments in May 2024, calling for the higher education institutions to divest from Israel.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
Student activists staged the demonstrations in an attempt to get their universities to divest from companies linked to the Israeli government.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
TikTok could be effectively banned in the U.S. on April 5 because of a national security law originally signed by former President Joe Biden that requires its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest the app’s American operations.
—Jonathan Vanian,zach Vallese, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divest
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He was being evicted from the property where the animals resided and allegedly denied access when authorities took him into custody Wednesday.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Denying lawyers for the unemployed and evicted In some counties that have invested in public defender offices, indigent defense has been transformed.—
Ilana Panich-Linsman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Market Abuse Americans argue that China abused its global market access: stealing intellectual property, supporting strategic industries, manipulating its currency and depriving foreign companies—especially those from the U.S.—of fair access to Chinese markets.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Khalil's attorneys, who have also sued the government on his behalf, lambasted the government, saying the government was depriving him of his right to free speech.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Central took the overtime opening kickoff but were dispossessed by Pacific Ridge center middlefielder Nick Axelson, who pushed the ball into the Spartans’ side of the pitch.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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In the 29th minute, he was dispossessed and Villa countered, with Ollie Watkins getting his toe to a cross and forcing a save from Jorgensen’s boot.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Rather than rising up and killing its former masters, Murderbot just goes about performing its security work, relieving the boredom by watching a lot of entertainment media.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trump rejected a 90-day pause in tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday, a bit of rumor that briefly relieved agitated financial markets before it was promptly dismissed by the White House as fiction.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Following the mass exodus of Pac-12 schools early last year, that conference was stripped of its recognition as a CFP automatic qualifier.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Imagine Reddit with no critical comments or TikTok stripped of political satire.—
Daryl Lim,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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The White House is starting to rebuild the National Security Council with aides top officials believe are staunchly aligned with President Trump's agenda after six people were ousted earlier this month, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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The move reflects one of the most significant efforts yet to shake up Democratic leadership, which in recent years moved to protect incumbents, particularly after Ocasio-Cortez and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts ousted long-time incumbents in safe Democrat districts in 2018.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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