disinvestment
noun
dis·in·vest·ment
ˌdis-in-ˈves(t)-mənt 
: consumption of capital
also
: the withdrawing of investment
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Starting in the 1980s, the area experienced population decline, disinvestment, aging housing and a steep decline in traffic, shifting from destination to bedroom community.
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Andrew King, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
There is no doubt that higher education needs reform, but the pending disinvestment in our research universities is unwise and not in our national interest.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has made much of its crusade to undo historic disinvestment and inequities across the city.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Last summer, Gary partnered with the Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative, which was founded in 2021 to help beleaguered Rust Belt communities recover from decades of disinvestment.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Andrew King, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
There is no doubt that higher education needs reform, but the pending disinvestment in our research universities is unwise and not in our national interest.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has made much of its crusade to undo historic disinvestment and inequities across the city.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Last summer, Gary partnered with the Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative, which was founded in 2021 to help beleaguered Rust Belt communities recover from decades of disinvestment.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Disinvestment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinvestment. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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