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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  • The risk is that the model overreaches, stripping out human oversight in ways that leave the system brittle.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Women are less likely to build long-term wealth through business ownership without profitability and scaling strategies in their business.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • However, while the experiments proved that DPPs can be tuned and stabilized, scaling this approach into fully functional devices will take time.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Losing Hyperliquid’s billions would erase up to 10% of its revenue overnight, exposing its dependence on interest income and underscoring its vulnerability to client defection.
    Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, by 1999, both glaciers retreated and the northern tongue of the Alsek Glacier detached from a narrow island, exposing the glacier's terminus to more calving, Pelto noted.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Denuding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuding. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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