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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
Back in April, US president Joe Biden signed a bill into law ordering the app’s owner, ByteDance, to divest and sell TikTok’s US operations to a non-Chinese company by January 19 or be blocked.
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Student encampments sprung up on a number of campuses, including Nashville’s Vanderbilt campus, demanding universities divest from Israel-supporting initiatives.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
What's New TikTok is making a final push to stay active in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to block a federal law that could effectively ban the social media app unless its parent company, ByteDance, divests its U.S. operations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
As things stand now, TikTok is scheduled to be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if the tech company does not divest before then.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Student encampments sprung up on a number of campuses, including Nashville’s Vanderbilt campus, demanding universities divest from Israel-supporting initiatives.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
What's New TikTok is making a final push to stay active in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to block a federal law that could effectively ban the social media app unless its parent company, ByteDance, divests its U.S. operations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
As things stand now, TikTok is scheduled to be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if the tech company does not divest before then.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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In October, the fish were evicted and the broken sidewalk paved over.Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Editors’ Picks Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 Image Ms. Battista, the medical student in Rome who was evicted, said her frantic search for another place not far from the city center took five months.Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Ownership’s bent on suppressing dynasties also deprives the league of that special element dynasties bring.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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However, depriving people of verbal or nonverbal communication can level the playing field, with ants actually performing better in some trials.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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Of the 15 times the visitors were dispossessed on Saturday at Selhurst Park, 11 occurred after half-time.Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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He was dispossessed and Bournemouth came forward with Dango Ouattara only for Antoine Semenyo to slip at a crucial moment.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Hormone therapy may relieve some of these, but this comes with many risks and benefits.Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
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Love can improve his decision making, but a better offensive scheme can also relieve some of that pressure to perform perfectly at all times.Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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In Asimov’s trilogy, the Mule is eventually brought under control, stripped of his powers, and sent back to his own minor planet with the galactic order restored.Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The day after that, Richards stepped down as host; by the end of the month, he was stripped of his executive-producer title.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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In 2017, Park Geun-hye, another conservative, was the first South Korean president to be ousted from office, after a corruption scandal that saw over 1 million protesters take to the streets.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Altman was briefly ousted from the CEO role by OpenAI’s board in November 2023, but was quickly reinstated due to pressure from investors and employees.Hayden Field, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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