root out
phrasal verb
rooted out; rooting out; roots out
1
: to find and remove (something or someone)
The mayor was determined to root out corruption in city government.
2
: to find (something or someone) after searching for a long time
He finally rooted out the cause of the problem.
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Kraft Heinz's announcement comes amid a push from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to root out artificial dyes from the nation's food supply and instead replace them with natural dyes.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 June 2025
The effort to root out waste, fraud and abuse in our country was really good.
—Theo Burman
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Ultimately, most bad research with major findings will be rooted out.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
The Trump administration is laudably committed to rooting out waste across the federal government and axing large and ineffective programs.
—Ross Marchand, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 June 2025
The effort to root out waste, fraud and abuse in our country was really good.
—Theo Burman
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Ultimately, most bad research with major findings will be rooted out.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
The Trump administration is laudably committed to rooting out waste across the federal government and axing large and ineffective programs.
—Ross Marchand, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for root out
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“Root out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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