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as in sheds
to rid oneself of (a garment)
I removed my coat as soon as I got inside
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as in withdraws
to take away from a place or position
he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf
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as in relocates
to change the place or position of
please remove that chair to the other room
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as in dismisses
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 distances
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 removes
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
This lets gravity do the work and removes dirt and cleaner cleanly.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
What Back Sleeping Changes for Your Skin Switching to back sleeping removes facial compression from the equation completely.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Three Steps, No More Cleanser A gentle face wash removes oil and sweat from overnight without stripping your skin.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
There’s so much data in the spoken word that gets lost when those words are converted to text — just like compressing an audio file into a fuzzy MP3 removes some of the music.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Every ballot that’s mailed removes that voter from having his or her mind changed.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The new framework removes these dependencies by learning from non-visual sensor data.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Your tech cleans up and removes all debris to finish the job.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Kawamura makes the point explicit late in the proceedings, with a hallucinatory outdoor sequence that briefly removes us from the train station altogether—easily the story’s most glaring structural and stylistic anomaly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
This lets gravity do the work and removes dirt and cleaner cleanly.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
What Back Sleeping Changes for Your Skin Switching to back sleeping removes facial compression from the equation completely.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Three Steps, No More Cleanser A gentle face wash removes oil and sweat from overnight without stripping your skin.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
There’s so much data in the spoken word that gets lost when those words are converted to text — just like compressing an audio file into a fuzzy MP3 removes some of the music.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Every ballot that’s mailed removes that voter from having his or her mind changed.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The new framework removes these dependencies by learning from non-visual sensor data.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Your tech cleans up and removes all debris to finish the job.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for removes
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The abundance of light that Koestenbaum sheds on the rabbi is humorous, sure, but also humanistic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Limited Financial Buffers The survey also sheds light on how limited many households’ financial buffers are.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Each retiree withdraws $50,000 per year.—
Doug Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tax lien changes Fresh Start also introduced changes to how and when the IRS files and withdraws tax liens, and to the dollar amounts that trigger the issuance of a lien.—
Deane Biermeier,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jude relocates this tale of troubled conscience to present-day Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and subjects it to a corrosively cynical twist.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the event featuring numerous NFL players and coaches relocates to BMO Stadium, which will be the home site when flag football makes its Olympic debut at the 2028 LA Games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The former Vista City Council candidate dismisses the advantage Democrats now hold.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Descovich dismisses the criticism.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The portable help pendant elicited an immediate response from every room in my single-story three-bedroom ranch and worked perfectly at distances of 100 too 400 feet while outside of my home.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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While Apollo astronauts also circled the moon at even closer distances and spied some of the mysterious far side, the circumstances of the Artemis II flyby differ in a few ways.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The turkey meat can maintain some give, but in a satisfying way that pulls the indigenous bird out of its homogenized Thanksgiving context.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The driver then pulls forward toward where the officers are standing and turns sharply.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The hormone insulin is a peptide that moves sugar from the bloodstream into cells; GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1, spurs the pancreas to release insulin and slows the passage of food through the gut.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In a city like Orlando, as across America, public life moves quickly.—
Case Thorp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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The average American actually retires at 62, according to two respected annual surveys, from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Despite delays and concerns about the readiness of a new commercial station when NASA retires the ISS, the White House requested only a small increase in funding for this program in 2027.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Removes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/removes. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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