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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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  • Crenshaw dominated early, Caden Baker stripping the ball from Odebunmi near midfield on Cleveland’s first possession and scoring on the 50-yard fumble return.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • At this time, the light from the first stars was stripping electrons from the hydrogen gas between them, a process called ionization.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stripping
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  • McKinsey’s 2025 survey found that 23% of organizations were scaling an agentic AI system somewhere in the enterprise and another 39% were experimenting.
    — Vinit Sahni, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Bullish thesis Agentforce is scaling faster than price reflects.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of scaling
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  • Traffic burdens residents daily, and heavy rain keeps exposing the same stormwater weaknesses.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Later in the video, the man is seen handcuffed while officers cut his shirt, exposing a gunshot wound on his back.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of exposing
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“Denuding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuding. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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