as in invasion
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as in undressing
to remove clothing from
the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam
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as in depriving
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Noun
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Most observers believe that an invasion is not imminent; the risk of an all-out war with the U.S., potentially killing hundreds of thousands of people, is too great.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025 -
These words – invasion, emergency, terrorist organizations – have legal meanings that give the president particular powers to mobilize the U.S. military.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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The easily readable summations that AI creates mean users have fewer incentives to click through to publisher sites, depriving sites of traffic and, ultimately, ad income.—
Geoffroy Martin,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Yoon survived a first impeachment vote last weekend, when his party largely boycotted the vote, depriving parliament of a quorum.—
Joyce Lee,
USA TODAY,
14 Dec. 2024
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The Philadelphia metro hit a record post-pandemic office occupancy rate in January, per the latest swipe data from Kastle Systems.—
Mike D'Onofrio,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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As of December 31, 2024, Alpine owned 134 properties across 35 states, with a portfolio occupancy rate of 98% and a weighted average lease term of 8.7 years.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Ukrainian president also said that less than 20 percent of Kyiv's mineral resources, including approximately half of its rare earth deposits, were currently in areas under Russian occupation.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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For an oblate, prayer was an occupation, both a way to fill the day and a mystical way of healing the world.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Over 2,500 detections of infringement are included in the initial takedown notices.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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The size of the penalties will depend on the infringement and size of the company fined.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Stripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripping. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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