deforesting

Definition of deforestingnext
present participle of deforest
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Verb
  • In the book, Turrubiate-Simpson questioned why the dogs weren't barking near the kennel right before the murders are thought to have taken place.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • But investigators eventually cracked the passcode on Paul Murdaugh’s phone and found a video with a barking dog and Alex Murdaugh’s voice admonishing it five minutes before the young man stopped using his phone.
    Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • The company’s financing will enable scaling pilot production, accelerate commercial deployment and help expand partnerships.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • Chronicle already began scaling Simple Alien’s series to deliver some meaningful growth over the last 22 days.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Over time, the effect can lower alcohol strength below 40%, thereby stripping it of the legal right to be called Scotch whisky.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Gavin Newsom and Sacramento Democrats did exactly that with Proposition 50, stripping an independent redistricting commission of its authority and replacing it with maps drawn by the Democratic supermajority designed to gain a partisan advantage.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said that Russia broke an Easter ceasefire with shelling last month, and the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of doing the same.
    F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • There was a time when Saudi was shelling big bucks on major cultural projects and institutions.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In tight spaces where a straight driver can't complete a full rotation, that elbow geometry is the difference between finishing the job and abandoning it after hurting your wrist, skinning your knuckles, and questioning your life choices.
    Omar Kardoudi March 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Then the athletes rip off the skins and ski a short downhill portion before returning to climbing, this time with a combination of skinning and bootpacking (dashing uphill in their ski boots, with skis secured to a backpack).
    The Sports Desk, NBC news, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Mike Dicus is an oyster expert; he's been shucking them for 35 years.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Allen started shucking at age 12, and quickly fell in love with the oyster bar environment - its people, pace, and sense of place.
    Rai Mincey, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Later, the Moon squares the Sun, exposing tension between social momentum and personal comfort.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Video recovered from the cameras show 18 people in various stages of disrobement, exposing genitalia and going to the toilet, including a minor and two infants.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Alcaraz’s smile is wide and unrestrained, baring his teeth and his full lips—features he’s grown into since breaking into tennis as a teenager.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • After their respective buzzy appearances, both Storrie, 26, and Williams, 25, attended GQ's Met Gala After Party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York, each adding another skin-baring outfit to the night's repertoire.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
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“Deforesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforesting. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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