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removal

[ri-moo-vuhl] / rɪˈmu vəl /


NOUN
the act of moving
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Human Rights Watch has said the removal of voters was "arbitrary and deeply flawed".

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The members, including the board president, are appointed by the mayor and together oversee more than 5,500 people who work for city bureaus and offices that handle sanitation, street lighting, engineering, graffiti removal and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The removal of the margin target will disappoint the market, even if it came alongside a better-than-expected performance for the third quarter, analysts at J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Morgan Austin, from burger chain Burgerism, which has six main locations and first opened in Salford in 2018, said the removal of tariffs on gherkins was good news.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She learns surveillance techniques, performs backflips, and masters the removal of handcuffs and straitjackets.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

Gandhi, who travelled to the venue in an open-top jeep, said protesters were "not prepared to accept" the voter list removals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

She also demanded to hear from three Interior Department officials under oath about plans the government made for the removals in the days before it told the court about them late Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"What has been more operationally difficult is to scale up very large numbers of removals every week into the French system."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In 2005, the California government formally apologized for these forced removals, recognizing they were “fundamental violations of … basic civil liberties and constitutional rights” during a period “of illegal deportation and coerced emigration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jefferson said removals "must be as few as possible, done gradually, and bottomed on some malversation or inherent disqualification."

From Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles Bolton


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