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removal

[ri-moo-vuhl] / rɪˈmu vəl /


NOUN
the act of moving
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Pathway Home, Los Angeles County’s encampment removal program, has conducted 10 operations in the two cities and their immediate unincorporated islands, bringing a total of 303 people off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

That makes complete surgical removal extremely challenging because surgeons must avoid damaging healthy areas of the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Canadian provinces' removal of US alcohol from liquor stores also saw exports of US spirits drop by over 70 percent.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Copies of clips were quickly taken down from social media sites via copyright strikes, where the owner of a work can request its removal.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Oh, my goodness, it was the bill for teeth removal!

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

Officials say about a third were failed asylum seekers - the highest number for 16 years and double the rate of removals that occurred in 2021.

From BBC Aug. 27, 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

But analysts say the removals may be an attempt to erase from public spaces a powerful symbol linked to Suu Kyi, the popular Nobel laureate who remains detained.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Melanie Nakagawa, Microsoft’s chief sustainability officer, said at the time that the company may adjust the pace or volume of its carbon removals, but isn’t pulling back from the program.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

His constant removals were inspired less by fear for himself than by care for his family, and by a temperament averse to the conditions of warfare, and a constitutional desire for peace.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various




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