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deforest

verb

Definition of deforest

as in to skin

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Recent Examples of deforest Bolivia has become one of the fastest deforesting countries on earth. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Beef is especially impactful, in part because around the world cattle are often raised on land that was illegally deforested. — Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025 This includes changing the designation of some land in the Amazon to savanna, significantly increasing the amount that can be legally deforested. — Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025 About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape. — Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030. — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024

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Verb

Thanks to camelia, olive, rosehip, and turmeric, this formula improves collagen production, smooths wrinkles, reduces inflammation, speeds up healing, and firms skin.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026
If hunting or skinning animals, use gloves, and cook game meat thoroughly before eating.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of skin

Verb

Freedom stood up, spread his arms, barked back and took a step toward her.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
During the third quarter of the Indiana Fever's 113-90 win over the Sky at Wintrust Arena, Cloud began barking at Freedom, who was sitting courtside.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of bark

Verb

That doesn’t make their hooting, teeth-baring, chest-beating, or branch-shaking any less of an act of communication.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
V-necks are nothing new, but Garner’s top, with its more subtle dip than the 2010s chest-baring version, feels modern.

— Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of bare

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The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of denude

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Russia also shelled the northern Zhytomyr region, starting fires at an industrial facility and a warehouse, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Lebanon's state news agency reported new airstrikes and shelling on their hometown over the weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shell

Verb

After Winston completed a 15-yard pass to Braxton Berrios, McCrary-Ball stripped the receiver, and Stiggers recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchback.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 Aug. 2026
Trump’s efforts to strip public radio and television stations of federal funds and the steep downward profit-losing trend for commercial newsrooms has meant, Ward said, that newsrooms have severely scaled back operations.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of strip

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Here, the company’s founder and president of the board Carlos Pereira de Souza discusses DelRio’s competitive advantages, its plans to further scale its business and what sets Brazil apart as a sourcing destination.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
As adoption scales from a pilot of a few hundred employees to thousands of AI agents running continuously across customer service, product data and supply chain workflows, token costs become a bigger deal.

— Adrian Carr, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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