removals

plural of removal
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 The Citizens removals mostly stem from a years-long effort by state leaders to reduce the public company’s size. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 According to immigration lawyers and advocates, third-country removals are rare, though not new. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 Was Ted and Tracy’s meet-cute as legend-wait for it-dary as his past romantic history with slutty pumpkins and tramp stamp removals and purple giraffes? — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 The Supreme Court required adequate notice to permit habeas challenges, but removals had already begun. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 The recent surge in removals came after a dramatic drop, brought on by both the pandemic, when child welfare cases decreased overall, and an edict imposed by Daniel Little, then-leader of the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services. — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026 The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 The judge found that the three did, in fact, violate the charter, which states that council members may not interfere with appointments or removals in the city manager’s office, or give orders to the city manager’s subordinates. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The settlement noted that when notified by the district attorneys of the unlawful disposals, Terminix cooperated and quickly responded to prevent further violations of disposal and privacy laws.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry laws and regulations, as well as Philadelphia’s Board of Education, also require accurate inventory records and periodic updates of asset locations, additions, transfers and disposals.
    — Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Those two, plus Sean and Beatriz, have been the only non-Casa dumpings of the season.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 3 July 2026
  • Hosted by Ariana Madix, the reality show follows a group of young singles searching for love, with new bombshell arrivals and sudden dumpings from the Fiji villa keeping the hopefuls on their toes.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026

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“Removals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/removals. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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