divesting

present participle of divest

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of divesting The president has since extended the deadline for divesting TikTok from its Chinese ownership several times, and it's happened once again amid more promises of an imminent deal. PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025 Endowments and foundations have been divesting as they are pressed for liquidity, but family offices can scoop attractive assets at a discount and weather the exit slowdown. Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 The bill classifies itself as a federal conflict-of-interest statute, which would make divesting members eligible for preferred tax treatment under Section 1043 of the Internal Revenue Code. Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Questions posed to the six candidates ranged from whether cryptocurrencies had a place in CalPERS’ investment portfolio to their stance on divesting from Tesla, which some members have called for in light of CEO Elon Musk’s recent political activity. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025 After divesting from the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group and selling his minority stake in Eataly in 2019, Batali has kept a low profile. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divesting
Verb
  • The county has been in the process of evicting the Dolphin Company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the final part of the HOH competition, Ashley won and became the last HOH, evicting Morgan from the game and choosing Vince to take to the Final 2.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An inevitable part of lawn maintenance, ridding your space of weeds often takes hours to do and requires bending, straining, and stretching in less-than-ideal positions to get the job done.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Many prayed and called for ridding themselves of the divisive, violent rhetoric of the past week.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like their giraffe cousins, okapi have a long tongue used for stripping leaves from trees, according to National Geographic.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Notre Dame’s focus on Lemon proved critical in the fourth quarter when USC attempted a receiver pass with Lemon to Lane, a play that never had a chance as Adon Shuler closed on the receiver in the backfield, stripping Lemon.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vital witnesses were killed in the blast All 16 people inside the facility died in the blast, leaving behind a devastated network of coworkers and loved ones as well as depriving investigators of crucial accounts of the final moments leading up to the explosion.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the United Kingdom, social media exacerbated this narrative, depriving Teasdale and Chambers of the necessary space to privately reckon with their sudden fame.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After, guests sip nonalcoholic stress-relieving tonics together, with ingredients like ashwagandha, at the adjacent bar.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Cloves are especially high in a polyphenol called eugenol, which has powerful anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the main action involved Norman Reedus’ Daryl sneaking into El Alcazar and killing pretty much everyone there of any villainous importance, while also freeing Roberto’s girlfriend Justina (Candela Saitta).
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Vladimir Lenin believed that such families were a prison for women, and his revolutionary comrades—among them, his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya; his mistress Inessa Armand; and his ally Alexandra Kollontai—were assigned the task of freeing them from it.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With the postgame handshakes delivered and the field gradually clearing, Rising and Brady Smigiel meet near the 45-yard line and embrace.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The first step for Palestinians is clearing the rubble, and then getting supplies needed for reconstruction, says NPR's Greg Myre, who is in Tel Aviv.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Divesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divesting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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