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as in evicts
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 rids
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 deprives
to take something away from
he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered
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Recent Examples of divests
The agreement keeps the popular app alive in the US more than a year after lawmakers passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance divests its US operations.
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semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
In addition to making more untold billions, the NFL effectively divests itself of the costs associated with in-house broadcasting.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
6 Aug. 2025
In late June, the agency announced a settlement, allowing the acquisition to go forward as long as HPE divests its division for small and medium businesses and licenses Juniper’s software to independent competitors.
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Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
1 Aug. 2025
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
In addition to making more untold billions, the NFL effectively divests itself of the costs associated with in-house broadcasting.
—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
6 Aug. 2025
In late June, the agency announced a settlement, allowing the acquisition to go forward as long as HPE divests its division for small and medium businesses and licenses Juniper’s software to independent competitors.
—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divests
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Ashley evicts Morgan Ashley evicts Morgan.
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In the city of Cluj, located within the country’s Transylvania region, a bailiff named Orsolya (Eszter Tompa) evicts the homeless Ion (Gabriel Spahiu) from the unused cellar of a local house to make way for the construction of the Kontinental boutique hotel.
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Their body care kit gets to the root of smooth skin with a trio of products including a pre-sluff bar that rids it of lotions and oils, a washable textured mitt that sloughs off dead cells and a eucalyptus-scented body lotion that loads it with hydration while making your bathroom smell like a spa.
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Trading out of the first round also rids the 49ers of having a first-round pick with a fifth-year option.
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Cleage gives the women plenty of substance, though her novelistic mode — more telling than showing — deprives her drama of style.
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This decline deprives teens of vital skill development, work experience, and motivation, fostering pessimism among Gen Z.
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Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott dispossesses Virgil van Dijk and Semenyo secures the loose ball.
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Like an Old Testament patriarch whose sins are absorbed in a greater story of redemption, America’s identity as the apostle of liberty relieves it of the excesses of introspection.
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The deep-tissue technique, using thumbs and knuckles, relieves these pain points.
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The nanofiltration strips almost all of the minerals away.
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During the same period, comparable sales, a measure of organic growth that strips out the impact of new store openings, declined by 7%.
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Jaime Alas scores in stoppage time and El Salvador forges a 3-3 tie that ousts the United States from Olympic soccer qualifying.
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In a more conventional political drama, Daiva’s hunger strike would light a fire of popular protest which ousts the Soviet forces.
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And having a clear narrative throughline frees the audience to, instead of making logistical sense of each shot, really key into the emotional and dramatic beats of the sequence.
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To make things easier, spring for this stylish crossbody bag from Travelon, which frees up your hands while providing plenty of pockets to store your travel essentials.
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“Divests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divests. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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