1
as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house
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as in to rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant
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as in to deprive
to take something away from
he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered
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Recent Examples of divest
The law requiring ByteDance to divest from the platform or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores was signed by former President Biden last year.
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Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 19 June 2025
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, now has 90 additional days to reach a deal to divest from Chinese ownership.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Steffens noted some protesters have called on pension funds to divest from Tesla.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
The law, passed by large bipartisan majorities in Congress last year, originally gave the platform until Jan. 19 to divest from ByteDance or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 17 June 2025
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Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 19 June 2025
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, now has 90 additional days to reach a deal to divest from Chinese ownership.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Steffens noted some protesters have called on pension funds to divest from Tesla.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
The law, passed by large bipartisan majorities in Congress last year, originally gave the platform until Jan. 19 to divest from ByteDance or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divest
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Jessie was evicted in a blindside, flipping the season’s power dynamic and cementing Jeff’s place as a fan favorite.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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After his family was evicted from their home in Hawaii, Johnson was sent to live with his father in Nashville.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
1 July 2025
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Additionally, the nearly $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid could deprive more than 10 million Americans of health insurance and regular access to doctors.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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This deprives patients of the possible benefit of a new treatment while elevating their risk.—
Madison Plunkert,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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The term is Albertus’s rather mild moniker for the violent way European settlers seized swaths of the earth, dispossessing and often killing those who already inhabited them.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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There was a pirouette and backheel flick in the 38th minute, which did not lead to much, and a 67th-minute dribble inside off the left flank that only saw him get dispossessed.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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The facility intends to relieve overcrowding in local jails and support President Donald Trump and his administration’s mass deportation initiative.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2025
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The governor said the detention centers will relieve pressure on county jails holding inmates facing deportation.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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When University of Pennsylvania administrators announced that the school was stripping Lia (formerly William) Thomas, ...—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
6 July 2025
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The mountains rose up, stripped the overriding rocks, and then cooled down.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
5 July 2025
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Brad Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a once-promising driver who is recruited to help his friend and former driver, Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), who is in danger of being ousted by the board of his racing team.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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Public discontent In June, the Netanyahu coalition government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote that would have dissolved parliament and effectively ousted him from the premiership.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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