1
as in to shed
to rid oneself of (a garment)
I removed my coat as soon as I got inside
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2
as in to withdraw
to take away from a place or position
he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf
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3
as in to relocate
to change the place or position of
please remove that chair to the other room
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4
as in to dismiss
to let go from office, service, or employment
voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center
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Recent Examples of remove
Charlie Campbell, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Karl Mitchell is speaking with PEOPLE after officials in Nevada seized his seven tigers on Wednesday
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Authorities in Nevada removed seven tigers from a residence in Parumph early Wednesday morning.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Out in that distant remove, the temperature drops to about 90 Kelvin, or -298°F.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Last April, Grant sued X over its refusal to remove videos of a religiously motivated stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church that sparked rioting.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Karl Mitchell is speaking with PEOPLE after officials in Nevada seized his seven tigers on Wednesday
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Authorities in Nevada removed seven tigers from a residence in Parumph early Wednesday morning.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
The problem with these segments, as always, is not the impulse to get to know the queens more deeply, but that the formula actually keeps the audience at a remove rather than allowing us in.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Out in that distant remove, the temperature drops to about 90 Kelvin, or -298°F.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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In Canada, the unemployment rate edged up to 6.7% in March as the economy unexpectedly shed 32,600 jobs amid trade frictions.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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Cancers shed not only cells, but also hormones, DNA and little fatty bubbles called vesicles into the blood and lymph.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Outreach workers who live among farmworkers are withdrawing a little, too.—
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Artificial intelligence and digital surveillance systems are perhaps less likely to identify who is eating alone at lunch or withdrawing from friends.—
Jackie Valley,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
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The main interior difference is a spacious main salon made larger by relocating the bulky and imposing HVAC trunk (the main technical passageway for air that on previous models took up much of the formal dining area) to the exterior.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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But with Pokrovsk itself heavily defended and the military supplies previously situated there largely relocated, Russia’s main effort in the area could be to push westward, rather than north.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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In film school, games and anime aren’t celebrated, they’re dismissed.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Griffin launched a legal challenge and on April 4, a three-judge panel of the North Carolina court of appeals ruled 2-1 that the state's elections board erred in dismissing Griffin's protests about invalid election ballots.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Resistant to technology that can read credit card information from a distance, the new Nordstrom arrival is more than just a safety measure.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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In California and New York State, only 3 percent of senior beneficiaries will need to travel such a distance, largely thanks to the high number of field offices in these areas.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Following the mass exodus of Pac-12 schools early last year, that conference was stripped of its recognition as a CFP automatic qualifier.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Dorion was given his walking papers on Nov. 1, 2023 after the NHL stripped a future first-round pick from the Senators.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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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
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Eventually any discourse about his low batting average and moving him in the lineup evaporated as Judge finished with a .322 average, 58 homers and 144 RBIS, barely missing out on matching Mickey Mantle in the Triple Crown department.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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He was appointed to the position in 2024 after longtime trustee Dan Bobrowski moved from the area and left the board.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Remove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remove. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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