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
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Property owners would still be allowed to list their property for lease during the program, but they would be required to sign a letter of intent to remove the property from the market during the program partnership.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 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
Gently lift it from the ground, and remove any loose soil from the roots as well as dead leaves or stems.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Property owners would still be allowed to list their property for lease during the program, but they would be required to sign a letter of intent to remove the property from the market during the program partnership.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remove
Verb
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The Department of Justice, meanwhile, would shed its historical independence and operate at the direction of the White House.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Construction companies, for instance, have shed 10,000 jobs since May.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Hamas fired towards Israeli forces beyond the Yellow Line – the line behind which Israeli troops have withdrawn according to the ceasefire deal – in three separate incidents on Sunday, according to another military official.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Afghanistan withdrew from a Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan following the deaths of three local cricketers, which the Afghanistan Cricket Board attributed to military strikes in Paktika province.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Sitakes landed in the Bay Area briefly before relocating to Provo to be closer to extended family.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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During an April 2024 interview with Vanity Fair Spain, Richard opened up about why the pair made the decision to relocate to Spain, where his wife is originally from.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Biden administration dismissed the lawsuit, and prosecutors dropped a grand jury investigation the following year.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The revelation immediately erupted into a political crisis, with the head of prisons dismissed and Guatemalans threatening to protest.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There were three distance options -- 20, 50 and 100 kilometers -- that led riders north up in and around the Bella Vista area before bringing them back to downtown Bentonville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Golden State Warriors are now a good distance above the rest of the league, thanks largely to the favorable economics of their arena.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like their giraffe cousins, okapi have a long tongue used for stripping leaves from trees, according to National Geographic.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Rutgers, meanwhile, has lost three in a row and now faces the unenviable task of attempting to strip down one of the most intimidating offenses in the nation.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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And still, Payton pulled a win from where the Denver sun doesn’t shine, throwing everything in his kitchen sink and then some at the Giants in a 33-point fourth quarter.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Niners on those seven or eight power plays were pulling right guard Dominick Puni.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Green’s 49-yard run scramble moved the Razorbacks to the Texas A&M 39 just before the 2-minute timeout of the fourth quarter.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Calderhead focuses on the British tactic, enacted two days after the initial attack, of moving their fleet into Flushing Bay to anchor for the night.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Remove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remove. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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