1
as in to strip
to remove clothing from
I quickly undressed myself and pulled on a set of dry clothes
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2
as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of
a self-styled financial investor who was eventually undressed as a con artist running a pyramid scheme
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Recent Examples of undress
Detectives also allegedly found two additional videos of female employees undressing and who have not been identified yet.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
In addition, just a few weeks prior, there was local uproar after Ted Nugent undressed a female fan on stage and grabbed her chest at his Fort Worth concert.
—Brayden Garcia
july 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 June 2025
Finishing their routine without severing any limbs would have been enough to earn them four yeses, but the fact that the brothers managed to undress and put on each other’s clothes, all while keeping the knives in the air, pushed things over the edge.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 June 2025
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
In addition, just a few weeks prior, there was local uproar after Ted Nugent undressed a female fan on stage and grabbed her chest at his Fort Worth concert.
—Brayden Garcia
july 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 June 2025
Finishing their routine without severing any limbs would have been enough to earn them four yeses, but the fact that the brothers managed to undress and put on each other’s clothes, all while keeping the knives in the air, pushed things over the edge.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 June 2025
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Without Medicaid expansion, the state's enrollees won't be subject to work requirements, but the law's financing changes to the Medicaid program could strip hundreds of millions of dollars away from hospitals, said Roberson.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Snip the stems at a 45-degree angle, and strip any lower leaves.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Many scientists believe this phenomenon is being spurred in part by rapidly melting glaciers exposing the mountainside.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The jailer was said to have found blood on Bethea’s underwear when he was asked to disrobe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Women in the front row of his shows now howled for D’Angelo to disrobe.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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An early example was uncovered by the young Benjaman Graham, who went on co-author a classic book on investing, and was the early mentor to Warren Buffett.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The mathematical problems had already been solved by humans—and GPT-5 had simply uncovered the existing solutions to those problems.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Undress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undress. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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