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removal

[ri-moo-vuhl] / rɪˈmu vəl /


NOUN
the act of moving
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The platform has said it also could request the removal of videos that depict an individual’s death if it receives requests from their family or representatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Also on the agenda is the president’s third-country removal policy and the growing pains of SCOTUSblog.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Surgeons try to remove as much of the tumor as possible, but glioblastoma cells can spread into surrounding brain tissue, making complete removal extremely difficult.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The prospect of surgery was raised, which would mean the removal of much of his colon and a permanent change in his quality of life.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Reporting this week has made it a lot clearer what these third-country removals actually look like, especially the ones to Africa.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

On carbon removals, he added this was more challenging to deploy, and the aviation sector "cannot and should not shoulder the burden of scaling up this industry alone", and needed government support.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

He gathered his legs beneath his body; and it was observed that he took especial care of one of his feet, which had been slightly hurt in one of his removals.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse




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