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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliates
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Plus, the exhaust barks out back with little pops and bangs on throttle liftoff.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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Unlike chocolate bars, the capsules provide a concentrated dose without sugar or fat – though processing often strips chocolate of antioxidants.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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To survive a ruthless winnowing—to go from one of about 16,000 high-school quarterbacks each year to one of the 10 good ones in the NFL to one of the three or so each generation who earn the Hall of Fame’s gold jacket—hones certain traits within them and strips others away.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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Taiwan’s reliance on Russia for naphtha also exposes it to potential moves by China to disrupt those supplies.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ten years on the Moon exposes the battery at fortnightly intervals to extremes of heat and cold, with temperatures during the lunar night dropping as low as -334 °F (-173 °C) and staying near that extreme for two weeks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Oct. 2025
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This principle scales down to the individual level.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Now, as the magnitude of the space junk problem rapidly scales up, technological responses are ramping up as well.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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