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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
a concerted effort to root out prejudice of any kind in the armed services
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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
a journalist seeking to root out and expose corruption in the gaming industry
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for root (out)
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According to Jaworowski, the technology just doesn’t exist yet to eradicate the need for power generation that can supply energy 24 hours a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025 -
But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Gold pulls Alté maven Cruel Santino, Nigerian pop star Davido, and Zimbabwean-Australian rapper Tkay Maidza across two songs that embrace the spirit of South African house music.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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Tame Impala pulled a few tricks—and fan-favorite treats—out of the vault on Halloween night in Brooklyn.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
2 Nov. 2025
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The ones who needed to leave their mother tongue in order to find their true voice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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More on the science behind the portfolio diet A few small studies led by Jenkins in 2003, including the trial that introduced the diet to the world, found an association between following the portfolio diet and a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The drop in SoftBank shares has erased nearly $50 billion in market cap over two days.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The researchers learned that people who ate very similarly to the portfolio diet had a 14% lower risk of developing coronary heart disease or stroke than people who ate less similarly to the diet.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Simply add your eligible Card to your Resy profile to book and discover Platinum Nights reservations near you, enrollment required.—
Harlan Vaughn,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Now abolish property taxes for us that live here.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, individual states can’t decide to abolish the practice without Congressional approval.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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The amount of space between garden soil particles is so minuscule that container plants struggle to send their roots into it and extract nutrients from it.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 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 Nov. 2025.
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