1
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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2
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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3
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
Additionally, a recent federal ruling that Google is not required to divest Chrome offered meaningful relief, reflected in a 7% pop in the stock.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Divestment CalPERS has faced continued calls from the public to divest from a range of industries and companies, which members say are misaligned with their values and present investment risks.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Alphabet will not have to divest Chrome but will be barred from exclusive contracts.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the TRUST in Congress Act, introduced in the House by Magaziner and Roy, would force members and their spouses and children to either divest their assets or move them into qualified blind trusts for the duration of their time in office.
—Nik Popli, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Divestment CalPERS has faced continued calls from the public to divest from a range of industries and companies, which members say are misaligned with their values and present investment risks.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Alphabet will not have to divest Chrome but will be barred from exclusive contracts.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the TRUST in Congress Act, introduced in the House by Magaziner and Roy, would force members and their spouses and children to either divest their assets or move them into qualified blind trusts for the duration of their time in office.
—Nik Popli, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divest
Verb
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Perhaps she is not actually evicted.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2025
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Reilly failed to finish in her allotted 1 minute and 30 seconds and was immediately evicted.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Rayner’s departure is another headache for the United Kingdom’s increasingly unpopular leader, Keir Starmer, and deprives his cabinet of one of its brightest political stars.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Others, such as the owners of the Firefox search engine, asserted that losing the Google contracts would threaten their future survival by depriving them of essential revenue.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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This time, Odegaard did some excellent defensive work to dispossess Matheus Cunha.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The agency has launched a recruitment drive to relieve the stress by hiring thousands of new officers as quickly as possible, but that process will likely take months or years to play out.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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The researchers hypothesized that soft music has a relaxing effect, relieving the tension that makes carsickness worse, and joyful music might serve as distraction, activating the brain's reward systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The moratorium provision was ultimately stripped from the bill before final passage.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The latest officials to have been ousted in high-profile shake-ups include former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, and Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Monarez was ousted after refusing to bend to pressure from top HHS officials to sign off on potential new vaccine restrictions, according to people familiar with the matter.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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