denudes

present tense third-person singular of denude
as in strips
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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  • Coke’s organic revenue, which strips out acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency, increased 6%.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The suit argues firing workers during the shutdown is an abuse of power that strips federal employees of back-pay rights and violates agencies’ statutory duties.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • And in the 1963 Czech cult classic The Cassandra Cat, a tabby exposes the truth by making people’s skin change color based on their moral character — red for love, orange or violet for hypocrisy.
    Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • At its heart, industry observers say, the dispute exposes hard truths about America’s retirement savings conundrum.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Instead of rollups, Pierce’s team scales with a repeatable, specialty-by-specialty playbook—standardized contracts, automated onboarding, and shared data pipes.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Indianapolis offers winter shelter as homelessness rises The city has started offering emergency winter shelter in recent years as Indy's largest shelter provider, Wheeler Mission, scales back its overflow capacity amid rising homelessness.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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