Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliates
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During the drive, a tank shells the car, killing most of the occupants.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Mac barks at Andi as the two of them drive home.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Much like a dog that barks at every little noise and passerby, my skin is reactive.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2026
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Guardianship is a life-altering and often permanent legal process that strips disabled adults of control over their life decisions.—
Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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If Anthropic maintains safety provisions and OpenAI strips them away, OpenAI gets the contracts and the future advantage.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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The most valuable category of software in regulated domains over the next decade will be the boring infrastructure that captures, stores and exposes evidence with full lineage.—
Anna Meadows,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The novel painfully exposes the ruthless mistreatment and exploitation of both racehorses and humans in this era and tracks the ripples of that trauma through time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Keating said Uni is in the process of closing an additional funding round as the brand scales its retail footprint and broader business.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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Token consumption grows faster than throughput and scales nonlinearly.—
Anshul Gupta,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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