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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
ByteDance and its subsidiary TikTok have filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, seeking to temporarily halt a law mandating ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19, 2025, or face a U.S. ban.
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The bill would force those companies to divest from pharmacy businesses within three years.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Other options include divesting its unscripted television business and 3 Arts Entertainment, a management and production company.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
The law, which moved rapidly through Congress earlier this year with widespread bipartisan support, required ByteDance to divest from TikTok within about nine months or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The bill would force those companies to divest from pharmacy businesses within three years.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Other options include divesting its unscripted television business and 3 Arts Entertainment, a management and production company.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
The law, which moved rapidly through Congress earlier this year with widespread bipartisan support, required ByteDance to divest from TikTok within about nine months or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
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In September, sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina charged Nathaniel Drayton, a coach of the post-grad Hardeeville Vikings, with defrauding players and innkeepers after multiple hotels evicted the team for not paying.Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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But being evicted from public housing pitched her right back into it.Sawyer Loftus, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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More concerning for Washington and Tokyo, however, is that the potential replacement of Mr. Yoon would deprive the tripartite alliance of a powerful advocate.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
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And what about the thousands of Native Californians who were dispossessed—of their lives as well as the land—but never offered reparations?Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
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Everton’s goalkeeper took a heavy first touch, and Son dispossessed him and tapped the ball into an empty net.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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Miss Manners is relieved not to be asked what to do about that vulgarity.Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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This massage gun can help relieve them with its rotating percussion arm and ergonomic grip for personalized muscle treatments.Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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But the move to strip public employees of affordable access to GLP-1s for weight loss is not only significant for those currently taking these drugs but also for the social and fiscal health of New York City and our entire state.Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Moreover, park officials had to ask the mass of influencers arriving to create content to adhere to 'countryside morals' and not strip down in the waterfalls to take selfies or treat the park like a beach.Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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For the last week, his family has gathered in Washington to push for his release now that President Bashar Assad has been ousted.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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He was first elected in 2002, ousting the Democratic House majority whip at the time.Mark Harris, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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