denudes

Definition of denudesnext
present tense third-person singular of denude
as in strips
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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  • Coke's organic revenue, which strips out acquisitions, divestitures and currency, rose 10% in the quarter.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • He is arrested and the New York State Athletic Commission suspends his boxing license and strips him of his heavyweight title.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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  • He was advised by a judge that turning down the plea bargain and heading to trial exposes him to as many as 37 years in prison.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
  • The system supports interchangeable components and exposes low-level interfaces for secondary development, enabling researchers to customize control, perception, and task execution.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
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  • Feature size scales with the speed, and the speed is important for manufacturing purposes.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
  • Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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