exercising

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Excising the parts of society that shape and guide a nation can have long-term impacts.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Excising Cantor, who was really continuing a series of small-scale reform speeches that he’s given since 2012, here’s what everyone said and how new it was.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2014

Excising the repeal provision had almost immediate impact on the stalled National Defense Authorization Act, the formal name of the larger bill that provides pay increases and enhanced benefits for members of the armed forces.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2010

Excising only what seemed to savour of oligarchy, those who had defied King George retained with marvellous tenacity the law of their forefathers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various