1
as in to shed
to rid oneself of (a garment)
I removed my coat as soon as I got inside
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2
as in to withdraw
to take away from a place or position
he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf
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3
as in to relocate
to change the place or position of
please remove that chair to the other room
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4
as in to dismiss
to let go from office, service, or employment
voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center
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Recent Examples of remove
Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2023, the prize was shared by three researchers who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Out at that distant remove, somewhere in the constellation Scutum, an unexplained body is semaphoring into space, blinking in both X-ray and radio frequencies once every 44 minutes in a way never seen by astronomers before.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
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Verb
Spray the top of the soap with isopropyl alcohol to remove any air bubbles, and allow the soap to cool for 20 minutes.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2023, the prize was shared by three researchers who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
Draining and rinsing removes, on average, 41 percent of the sodium.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Out at that distant remove, somewhere in the constellation Scutum, an unexplained body is semaphoring into space, blinking in both X-ray and radio frequencies once every 44 minutes in a way never seen by astronomers before.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
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Now convinced that Lo was right all along, Richard’s assistant runs to the lodge’s hunting shed to get a rifle.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists recently unearthed the remnants of a historic royal palace from a Polish river, shedding light on a violent part of the country's history.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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White’s legal team challenged it, and in late 2022 an appeals court ruled that the judge had erred in not letting White withdraw his guilty plea.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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In January, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger also withdrew from West African regional bloc Ecowas, having earlier formed their own Alliance of Sahel States grouping.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Davao Oriental, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang reported that approximately 250 patients had been relocated from a hospital facility that was compromised.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Originally established as an orphanage in Arcadia around the turn of the century, the children’s home had been relocated to a fifty-acre tract near Lakeland’s Lake Hunter that had been donated to support its expansion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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And Tucker Carlson has gained attention with his own programming distributed via social and digital media, Their audiences can be smaller and more disparate than the ones that come to mainstream news outlets, but in an era of cord-cutting, their niche power is not to be dismissed.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In February, following a SAG Award win for her breakout role in Shōgun, Anna Sawai dismissed rumors that she had been cast as Yoko Ono for the film series.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
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The four pillars of happy, Nordic companies that Autio highlights—autonomy, low power distance, work-life balance and collaboration—come as a package.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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But if progress in robotics proceeds anywhere close to the speed of the wider AI industry, that wide distance may nevertheless be traversed in a short space of time.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Green was stripped at the Vols’ 34 in the first quarter with the game tied 7-7.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Under that model, Israel maintains freedom of operation, while Hamas retains light weapons but is stripped of rockets and missile factories.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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But institutional gravity is already starting to pull the two organizations together.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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With that goal, Messi moved into first place in the Golden Boot race, one goal ahead of Denis Bouanga of Los Angeles FC, who is away on national team duty with Gabon.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Remove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remove. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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