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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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
Current members would have 180 days from enactment to divest their holdings or put them into a blind trust.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Morrissey would apparently like to divest from the Smiths.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Amid a rise in cases of theft and vandalism along Nigerian oil facilities, TotalEnergies was one of a number of oil majors to divest from some Nigerian oil assets over the past year, selling its stake in a field for $510 million to Shell in May.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 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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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Morrissey would apparently like to divest from the Smiths.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Amid a rise in cases of theft and vandalism along Nigerian oil facilities, TotalEnergies was one of a number of oil majors to divest from some Nigerian oil assets over the past year, selling its stake in a field for $510 million to Shell in May.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 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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Talks of a potential lease sale come as Miami-Dade continues court proceedings to try and evict the Seaquarium from the county land.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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By a vote of 3-2, the houseguests voted to evict Will.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Effective budgeting and saving do not mean depriving yourself.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The collateral damage caused by that saga has affected Newcastle’s early-season performances, depriving them of a senior centre-forward for the opening three games and generally generating toxicity.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 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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The initial loss of communal land places those dispossessed into precarity.—
Taeya Boi-Doku,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Aug. 2025
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After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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She was placed on a ventilator, and doctors surgically removed a piece of her skull to relieve the pressure, according to The Times.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Just days into his Senate campaign, James Talarico is making his Christian faith a centerpiece of what will be an uphill battle to strip one of Texas’s Senate seats out of the hands of Republicans.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 1986, Shoen led an effort to oust his father, who cofounded the business with his wife, Shoen’s mother, in 1945.—
Gigi Zamora,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Barnier, Bayrou’s predecessor, was also ousted in December after trying to pass a deficit-reduction budget proposal.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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