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Recent Examples of deforest
These same governors have passed laws that effectively void the Soy Moratorium, a voluntary agreement that has contributed to a historically steep decline in deforestation by barring signatory companies from purchasing soy grown on land in the Amazon that was deforested after 2008.
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Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
Based on a study published in Nature Sustainability a few months ago, 1.4 million hectares (the equivalent of nine cities the size of Greater London) were deforested in 2015 to open space for pasture for cows to graze.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
That’s the lesson behind a study out this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology in which researchers assessed which worms, ants, and other invertebrates were wiggling their way through plots of soil that had been deforested, revegetated, or left natural.
—Hannah Richter, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
Up to 70,000 acres in Michoacán and neighboring Jalisco state have been deforested for avocado farming in the last decade, the data from Guardian Forestal and Climate Rights International show.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
Reuters visited two orchards in July that an analysis of satellite images by U.S. nonprofit Climate Rights International showed were illegally deforested in Madero after 2015.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
At the northern end of the county, a developer is deforesting upward of 500 acres in an area known as Clevenger’s Corner.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
Based on a study published in Nature Sustainability a few months ago, 1.4 million hectares (the equivalent of nine cities the size of Greater London) were deforested in 2015 to open space for pasture for cows to graze.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
That’s the lesson behind a study out this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology in which researchers assessed which worms, ants, and other invertebrates were wiggling their way through plots of soil that had been deforested, revegetated, or left natural.
—Hannah Richter, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
Up to 70,000 acres in Michoacán and neighboring Jalisco state have been deforested for avocado farming in the last decade, the data from Guardian Forestal and Climate Rights International show.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
Reuters visited two orchards in July that an analysis of satellite images by U.S. nonprofit Climate Rights International showed were illegally deforested in Madero after 2015.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
At the northern end of the county, a developer is deforesting upward of 500 acres in an area known as Clevenger’s Corner.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deforest
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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Place hulled strawberries, sugar, and 2 cups of the water in a blender with lemon quarters; blend on HIGH until almost fully pureed, 30 seconds to 1 minute.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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Everything from lifeboat drills to hull design can trace its roots back to the hard lessons learned from Titanic’s fate.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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After the inning, Prior barked at Rehak from the dugout, triggering his ejection.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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While barking can increase in older canines due to cognitive or sensory changes, a sudden burst of voice after years of relative silence is unusual and may point to a new sense of comfort or energy in the dog's surroundings.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Stopping by The Jennifer Hudson Show on Thursday (May 8), the rapper reflected on nearly baring it all at the Met Gala in 2023.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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The Sports Bra Dare to bare it in a sports bra (especially when the temps rise!).—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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Trash burning and water shortages are a worsening blight, while the construction of upscale villas has denuded vegetation and exacerbated a perennial flooding problem.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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During Trump’s first term, the Republicans’ feed-the-rich Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 denuded the tax base, causing revenues as a percentage of G.D.P. to fall.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Despite a pause in drone attacks, Russian forces continued shelling frontline and border areas, using glide bombs on military and civilian targets, in violation of its own ceasefire, Ukrainian authorities reported.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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India and Pakistan abruptly declared a cease-fire on Saturday after four days of rapidly escalating drone volleys, shelling and airstrikes that appeared to bring the old enemies to the brink of outright war.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Bissouma had been stripped of the ball by Pedro Neto on the halfway line and made the situation worse in his desperation to atone for the initial error.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Even if that court rules the Trump administration’s decision to strip Venezuelans of their TPS protections is unlawful, however, the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling revoking the protections will remain in place.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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That facility can scale up to 1 million square feet, which would translate into about 40,000 garments.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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“Deforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforest. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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