denuding

present participle of denude
as in stripping
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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  • Like their giraffe cousins, okapi have a long tongue used for stripping leaves from trees, according to National Geographic.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Notre Dame’s focus on Lemon proved critical in the fourth quarter when USC attempted a receiver pass with Lemon to Lane, a play that never had a chance as Adon Shuler closed on the receiver in the backfield, stripping Lemon.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • The researchers plan to explore embedding these hydrogels directly into products, improving stability, and scaling up production.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a founder scaling across Europe must incorporate separate entities in each country, untangle regulatory and employment codes in multiple languages and markets, and explain to engineers in Munich why their stock options are treated differently to their colleagues’ in Madrid.
    Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • This allows users to benefit from AI acceleration without exposing sensitive information.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Running mate’s populist appeal boosts Paz Paz’s campaign was boosted by his running mate Edman Lara, a former police officer known for viral TikTok videos exposing corruption.
    Reuters 3 min ago, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Denuding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuding. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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