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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2
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
In selling its Issuer Solutions unit to FIS for $13.5 billion, Global Payments is divesting a unit for back-end financial processing that has long been viewed as a stable provider of growth.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
While Polat offers a brief overview of Columbia’s endowment and board of trustees, and cites examples of the administration choosing to divest from specific countries in the past (like South Africa), this thread could realistically be the subject of its own documentary.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
Demonstrators called on their schools to divest financially from Israel and its war effort.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The incidents followed months of tensions between the university’s administration and pro-Palestinian students who had in 2024 demanded university leaders divest from Israel amid its war in Gaza.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
While Polat offers a brief overview of Columbia’s endowment and board of trustees, and cites examples of the administration choosing to divest from specific countries in the past (like South Africa), this thread could realistically be the subject of its own documentary.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
Demonstrators called on their schools to divest financially from Israel and its war effort.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The incidents followed months of tensions between the university’s administration and pro-Palestinian students who had in 2024 demanded university leaders divest from Israel amid its war in Gaza.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divest
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Poor tenants unable to pay their rent claimed they were evicted; not an uncommon practice at the time, or since, but one that advantages the powerful over the weak.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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The territories from which Dodik has evicted Bosnian state institutions are, not coincidentally, the same ones in which Serbian forces committed genocide against Bosniaks in the 1990s.—
Ismet Fatih Cancar,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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Do Republicans have to admit the possibility that their wild and wacky primary elections could, yet again, deprive them of the upper chamber?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
6 May 2025
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On top of that, the Jane Does allege they were deprived them of meal and rest breaks, were paid less than minimum wage and never paid overtime or holidays, according to KTLA.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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Attempts to dispossess majority indigenous populations are usually violent themselves, however, and almost always run up against resistance.—
Tamir Sorek,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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Central took the overtime opening kickoff but were dispossessed by Pacific Ridge center middlefielder Nick Axelson, who pushed the ball into the Spartans’ side of the pitch.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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While on a shift with the patient, the nurse arriving to relieve Gloria discovered the patient unattended and informed staff.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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Understanding that the entire AI industry potentially has a stake in the ruling, Chhabria apparently sought to relieve some tension at the end of the hearing with a joke, Wired reported.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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But the series’ final action set piece is dramatically, terrifyingly stripped down.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.—
Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Three top aides were ousted about a week ago over accusations of leaking, and then the chief of staff whom the other aides accused of conspiring against them was moved out of his role, before getting ousted, too.—
The Editors,
National Review,
28 Apr. 2025
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Hegseth has also blasted the former employees — who were ousted after an internal probe into leaks within the Defense Department, per the administration — in the wake of the Times report.—
Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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