divestiture

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

After lengthy top-level talks over a TikTok divestiture deal, a majority-American-owned joint venture was established in January to operate the app's US business, with ByteDance retaining a stake of less than 20 percent.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

It added that "the divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately".

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Gains were partially offset by the company’s divestiture of its architectural coatings business in Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Some of the reduction stems from the company’s divestiture of television stations in Chile and Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Until the cataclysmic divestiture of the 1980s, Ma Bell was perhaps the ultimate maternalist mega-employer.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce