root (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for root (out)
Verb
  • Volunteer in a California state park or join the local chapter of California Native Plant Society project to eradicate invasive plants and preserve native habitats.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
  • Surgeons removed her thyroid gland but did not fully eradicate the cancer, which had spread to her vocal cords, the paper said.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 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
  • Nick Castellanos found himself in unfamiliar territory during the first pitch of the Philadelphia Phillies game against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
  • The jury delivered their verdict on Wednesday, finding Read guilty on only one charge: operating a vehicle under the influence.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Nail polish remover: Use a small amount of nail polish remover on a cotton ball to erase scuffs.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Awake used an isolated case to discriminate, marginalize, intimidate and erase transgender people and to call for defunding public schools.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • In the Family and Consumer Sciences, students learn topics such as culinary and nutrition studies and hospitality and food service industry work.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • About 'Elio' Elio is a tween who loves science, learning about outer space, and testing his scientific experiments in real time.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • First discovered: 5:52 p.m. June 8 Initial location: Placer County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Deerborne A new wildfire was reported today at 5:52 p.m. in Placer County.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
  • Warm summer evenings are a good time to discover the wonders of the night sky.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • About 7 of every 10 Republicans wouldn't abolish ICE, while about half of Democrats would.
    Jim Sergent, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • The Japanese legislature is preparing to abolish this entanglement and simply allow princesses to stay royal regardless of the status of their spouse.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • The scent, which exists in the plant's oils, needs to be extracted.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
  • The system extracts key data points in seconds—interpreting not just text but also images and tables—streamlining a process that once consumed thousands of human hours.
    Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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“Root (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/root%20%28out%29. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.

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