denuding

verb

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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  1. stripping
  2. scaling
  3. exposing
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  • Bonnie, a 500-gallon stripping still, handles the first distillation.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • American aims soon focused on stripping Iran of its military capabilities and opening the strait.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
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  • Without the photonics technology that Coherent specializes in, scaling AI would not be possible, Anderson says.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
  • Optimus scaling challenge Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said scaling production of the Optimus humanoid robot will be the most difficult manufacturing challenge Tesla has ever faced, as nearly every component must be built from scratch.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
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  • Some Chick-fil-A accounts were hacked last month, exposing the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers, the company said this week.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • Examples include Anthony Purcell, who ran a non-profit for a decade unpaid, and Stacy Bernstein, whose growing brand struggles to secure early-stage funding, exposing VCs' reluctance.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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