removing

verb

present participle of remove
1
as in stripping
to rid oneself of (a garment) I removed my coat as soon as I got inside

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2
as in withdrawing
to take away from a place or position he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf

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3
as in relocating
to change the place or position of please remove that chair to the other room

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4
as in dismissing
to let go from office, service, or employment voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got

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Recent Examples of removing That work has included disposing of most of the furniture that was in the building and removing old ceiling tiles as part of abatement efforts, Tomlinson said. — Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 The practice of removing shark fins is banned across the region. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Plus, safety Coby Bryant, signed to a $40 million contract in March, recently had knee surgery that may keep him out the entire season, removing a big-time playmaker and leader from the team’s plans. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The manipulations ranged from removing background noise to copying and pasting data to fabricate results. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026 While the restaurant has slowly been removing Café Trio menu items and adding new ones for Louie’s Reserve, all changes will be effective by its grand opening dates on Wednesday and Thursday. — Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 Whether removing identifying information is sufficient to protect privacy is uncertain. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 At this time, the Bureau of Land Management is removing thousands of wild horses from the lands out West — thousands that will need rescuing! — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 Workers are removing old paint and rust before applying a white primer and then a final coat of orange paint, according to a social media post. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for removing
  1. stripping
  2. withdrawing
  3. relocating
  4. dismissing
  5. shedding
  6. pulling
  7. transferring
  8. sacking
Verb
  • All this reveals there is no one single process responsible for stripping planet-forming material from around infant stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • TikTok’s rules are moving toward preserving surprise commerce while stripping out the mechanics that most resemble gambling.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
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Verb
  • During this period, Obayuwana allegedly tried to cash at least three Treasury tax refund checks worth $382,109 and was successful in cashing one, withdrawing $229,109, federal authorities allege.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Mementum is trying to run from that fight by withdrawing its letter.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdrawing
Verb
  • Meyer Riegger opened a Seoul space in collaboration with Galerie Jocelyn Wolff last year, while Gladstone Gallery is doubling in size and relocating to Hannam-dong ahead of the fairs.
    — Payal Uttam, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Newsom and his family did briefly live in California's governor's mansion, which was renovated for former Governor Jerry Brown, before ultimately relocating to the Fair Oaks property.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • William Roberson Anyone dismissing the Slingshot (in any form) on practicality grounds is missing the point by a light year or two - the Slingshot makes a Miata seem like a spacious minivan.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • She was especially hurt that some of the people who criticized Cox most harshly, dismissing him as craven and disingenuous, were those who had the closest relationships with him.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • Anabel Kingsley, consultant trichologist and brand president of the Philip Kingsley Clinics and product ranges, has clients who stay awake long into the night, comparing photos before and after shedding events.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026
  • By shedding light on these dark corners, the observatory's mission, NASA said, will then reveal not just how the universe developed over time, but where it's headed.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shedding
Verb
  • Why TikTok livestream selling can drive big sales Three forces are pulling sellers toward livestream commerce, and Duplantis’s numbers reflect all of them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Wildfire risk is pushing insurers to underwrite hotels based on physical resilience rather than location alone, and carriers are pulling back from some markets entirely.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulling
Verb
  • Once in office, Escalona quickly began to roll back parts of Carollo’s legacy, including transferring the Tower Theater back to MDC.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Directly transferring the original walking policy failed because the second robot had different body proportions, joint configurations, and motor characteristics.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Whereas owners previously diffused negative situations by sacking a head coach, changing a sporting director or someone prominent within the department can now have a similar effect.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
Definition of sacking

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“Removing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/removing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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