root (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for root (out)
Verb
  • Princess Eugenie is also the founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, which endeavors to eradicate modern slavery, and helped establish Key to Freedom, a social enterprise initiative facilitating a route to market for products made by survivors of trafficking at Women’s Interlink Foundation.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • Yeast overgrowth can often be eradicated with one dose of an oral tablet called fluconazole (Diflucan).
    Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.
    Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025
  • Fears that a serial killer is at large were reignited by the recent discovery of a body in a Texas lake, where 19 corpses have been found over the past three years.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • So, this should lower those percentage gaps in time, if not erase them.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The voices and contributions of women and people of color were overlooked and erased through much of America’s military history.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Ginny, who winds up pregnant after striking up a romance with Wolfe (Ty Doran) from her poetry class, decides to terminate her pregnancy shortly after learning of her condition, and her mom is completely on board with whatever her daughter wants.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • As word of Pali’s interest traveled, Magee said, the Philharmonic’s board of directors learned of the school’s situation.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • It's been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there.
    Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 27 May 2025
  • The daughter who found discovered her mother’s body said the dogs had bitten into the corpse, though officials could not confirm this.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • The initiative has its critics, who fear that abolishing property taxes would leave local governments without sufficient funds to support crucial public services.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
  • The latter is known for his misogynistic statements, and has promised to follow through on Mr. Yoon’s commitment to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family.
    Yejin Gim, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • This is creating new opportunities to extract and reuse valuable raw materials, lessening Europe’s reliance on external sources.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Shaped like little green leaves (because why not be cute and moisturized?), these masks are packed with cucumber to de-puff, cactus extract to hydrate, and green tea leaf to calm all the nonsense happening under my eyes.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 27 May 2025
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“Root (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/root%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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