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also exorcize
as in to eliminate
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
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Recent Examples of exorcise
Buffalo’s offense has been highly effective against Kansas City in recent years, but beating the Chiefs on the road in the postseason would require exorcising some past demons.
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Andrew Greif, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Coppell can recall the club’s chaplain being asked, a decade on, to exorcise the stadium.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
The intrigue: For OSU head coach Ryan Day, this matchup is an opportunity to exorcise some demons.
—Andrew King, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
More demons that can be considered exorcised, Payton said.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Andrew Greif, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Coppell can recall the club’s chaplain being asked, a decade on, to exorcise the stadium.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
The intrigue: For OSU head coach Ryan Day, this matchup is an opportunity to exorcise some demons.
—Andrew King, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
More demons that can be considered exorcised, Payton said.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for exorcise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
Verb
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Industry analysts forecast that global banks may eliminate up to 200,000 positions over the next three to five years.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Between the lines: The choice before lawmakers is whether to allow tipped wages to be gradually eliminated — with unknown effects on the state's tipping culture.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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That’s $57 billion in gold and other components irresponsibly discarded.—
David Joosten,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Killing female deer weakens a herd’s ability to grow, and officials thought that thinning out deer herds was the key to eradicating the disease and preserving wild herd health.—
Sophie Hartley,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2025
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However, if needed, stubborn leaves can also be removed with a razor blade.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2025
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Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.—
Makena Kelly,
WIRED,
9 Jan. 2025
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Such a confession sheds every sense of vanity and keeps Better Man true to a pop star’s real charm.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
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While no official decisions have been made, a new Facebook page is offering a comedic glimpse at a future when the Keller school district sheds some of its schools.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2025
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Once Firefly's lander separated from the Falcon 9, the rocket jettisoned the canister, performed a brief engine firing to maneuver into a slightly different orbit, then released ispace's lander.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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Meta may view the decision as an opportunity to jettison a policy targeted by conservatives and curry favor with Trump, while shifting the company toward a permissive stance on speech that Zuckerberg has previously avowed, the experts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This season follows her beloved Poison Ivy ditching dingy Gotham for Metropolis.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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Presumed dead in the plane crash, the couple now have the opportunity to ditch their careers as covert operatives.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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After a fierce battle Saturday, firefighters managed to fight back flames in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities near Pacific Palisades not far from the coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Major winter storms have dumped snow and cold weather on the Mid-Atlantic and the South.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Exorcise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcise. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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