as in disposals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
a product for the removal of warts
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Recent Examples of removals
Even after removals, your data can reappear months later.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images DHS says the bonus stipend is part of a holiday season campaign aimed at accelerating removals and reducing taxpayer costs, with travel support typically considered less expensive than traditional detention and deportation operations.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The number of in absentia removals was generally already on an upward trend each year since 2022, said Andrew Arthur, resident law and policy fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit that advocates for lower levels of migration.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
According to a recent annual study by First Amendment literary advocacy group PEN American and the American Library Association, Tennessee has the third highest rate of book removals from public schools in the nation.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
The end-to-end software calculates waste inputs, biochar volumes and carbon removals, streamlining the availability of carbon data.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2025
Newsweek has documented multiple cases in which green card holders or applicants were caught up in ICE enforcement actions, and immigration agents continue to pursue removals of undocumented immigrants and green card applicants and holders with previous criminal records.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Trump has also tried to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and Federal Reserve -- all of whom have challenged their removals in court.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
This one billionaire would thereby be entitled to a disproportionate share of—remember, by nature limited—removals, simply by virtue of his ability to pay handsomely for them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images DHS says the bonus stipend is part of a holiday season campaign aimed at accelerating removals and reducing taxpayer costs, with travel support typically considered less expensive than traditional detention and deportation operations.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The number of in absentia removals was generally already on an upward trend each year since 2022, said Andrew Arthur, resident law and policy fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit that advocates for lower levels of migration.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
According to a recent annual study by First Amendment literary advocacy group PEN American and the American Library Association, Tennessee has the third highest rate of book removals from public schools in the nation.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
The end-to-end software calculates waste inputs, biochar volumes and carbon removals, streamlining the availability of carbon data.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2025
Newsweek has documented multiple cases in which green card holders or applicants were caught up in ICE enforcement actions, and immigration agents continue to pursue removals of undocumented immigrants and green card applicants and holders with previous criminal records.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Trump has also tried to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and Federal Reserve -- all of whom have challenged their removals in court.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
This one billionaire would thereby be entitled to a disproportionate share of—remember, by nature limited—removals, simply by virtue of his ability to pay handsomely for them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for removals
Noun
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In fact, plumbers don’t put much faith in disposals at all.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
15 Dec. 2025
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The department says of the 3,077 full inspections this year, 349 of them involved food disposals.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Though the case has drawn attention because of Delvey's notoriety, all three women maintain that such rabbit dumpings happen all the time.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Removals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/removals. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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