Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliates
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Perhaps a dog barks too much, a cat roams through the yard, or pets are relieving themselves in unwanted areas.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Plus, the exhaust barks out back with little pops and bangs on throttle liftoff.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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Coke’s organic revenue, which strips out acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency, increased 6%.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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The suit argues firing workers during the shutdown is an abuse of power that strips federal employees of back-pay rights and violates agencies’ statutory duties.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The cross-section approach exposes original electrical work and historic wallpapers in tidy squares.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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This chasm exposes the fragmentation that’s holding back European innovation.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Indianapolis offers winter shelter as homelessness rises The city has started offering emergency winter shelter in recent years as Indy's largest shelter provider, Wheeler Mission, scales back its overflow capacity amid rising homelessness.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
15 Oct. 2025
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This model takes different experiments (borrowing against reserves, testing settlement, improving transparency) and scales them into a system that can support global liquidity.—
Luke Xie,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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