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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  • Some people dress up in elaborate costumes on Halloween, but this year Taylor Swift is stripping things all the way back.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Taylor Swift is stripping things back.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • At a time of a dramatic and abrupt scaling back of federal foreign aid, some say this simple practice is more important than ever.
    NPR, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Announced in October 2022, Disney’s agreement to co-produce Doctor Who was inked at the height of the streaming wars, just weeks before Bob Iger walked back into the building and started scaling back spending.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
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  • Continue reading … RADICAL TAKEOVER – Mamdani's socialist allies praise video exposing their plan to infiltrate Dem Party.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Using this, the team, after exposing and developing a wafer, rapidly froze the developer to 32°F (–175°C), stopping everything in place.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Denuding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuding. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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