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also exorcize
as in to eliminate
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
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Recent Examples of exorcise
Pretty much the entire town goes full Jack Sparrow, dressing up in pirate costumes and waving wooden swords to commemorate and exorcise the trauma of a time when attacks by the formidable Hayreddin Barbarossa, a.k.a.
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Everything seems magnified at the start of a baseball season, especially for Cubs and White Sox fans who hope to exorcise the nightmares of the last few years.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
A lot of the lyrics started as situations of extreme distress, needing some way of exorcising it.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
If the Wolves do make it to the playoffs, Randle will have some demons to exorcise in that venue.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Everything seems magnified at the start of a baseball season, especially for Cubs and White Sox fans who hope to exorcise the nightmares of the last few years.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
A lot of the lyrics started as situations of extreme distress, needing some way of exorcising it.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
If the Wolves do make it to the playoffs, Randle will have some demons to exorcise in that venue.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
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Otherwise, people could end up eliminating outperforming funds from the outset.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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But the width of those bands also makes a difference in eliminating interference and increasing speeds.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Make sure to discard salsa that was left out at room temperature for over two hours, especially on hot days.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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Today, House Republicans will move promptly to discard it.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Guy Gooder, a graphic designer and the district’s community service project chair, said Edwards did not stick to the topic he was given and insulted the Rotarians by attacking federal agencies the organization works closely with to eradicate polio.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
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The interview comes the same day the billionaire philanthropist announced plans to spend almost all of his money over the next 20 years in an effort to have maximum impact on global health issues like finding cures for diseases such as HIV and eradicating polio.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
8 May 2025
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Walmart has removed self checkout machines in some locations, including in Shrewbury, Missouri and Cleveland.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Dan Halden, a spokesperson for the city’s Bureau of Street Services, had previously said the city was removing the remaining stumps and evaluating the replacement cost.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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The horse facilities include two round pens, nine horse runs, eight paddocks, fenced pasture, a historic 2,700-square-foot main barn with an office, a 900-square-foot tack shed, hay storage, a tack room and 15 individual tack lockers.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2025
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To shed some light, here’s The Athletic’s weekly vibe check with club writers at each of the top-five contenders, plus a reminder of why reaching the Champions League remains so important.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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The decision to jettison the report’s traditional explanatory narrative was announced to EIA staff in a March 10 internal email, after the document was largely complete following months of work.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
5 May 2025
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In the first five minutes of the flight, the Atlas V jettisoned its five boosters, payload fairing, and kerosene-fueled first stage.—
Alex Goy,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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After ditching his family game night, Justin attends a party with his best friend Darius (Niles Fitch) and crosses paths with Keisha for the first time since elementary school.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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In this edition…OpenAI ditches those for-profit transition plans…Google is giving children under 13 access to its chatbot…and 250 CEOs are proposing computer science and AI be required curriculum for a K-12 education.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 May 2025
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Federal complaints previously obtained by PEOPLE stated that Waterman’s husband, Jamie Waterman, told detectives his wife confessed to killing Bush, and that the couple later burned her body and dumped it in a remote area.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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When the beating ended, the group loaded Ortiz into the bed of a pickup truck and dumped him in a ditch, the station reported.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2025
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