denudes

verb

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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  1. strips
  2. exposes
  3. scales
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  • Texting also strips out tone of voice and facial expression, the signals that make intent easier to interpret.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Most tap water in the UAE comes from desalination, which strips out salt but leaves minerals behind, producing a mineral load that builds up on hair, skin and surfaces.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • The Air Force is also pursuing production while developmental testing continues, an approach the GAO says exposes the program to further cost and schedule risk.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The English Understand Wool is skillful, funny, and exposes, through twists and turns, the quirks and peculiarities of the privileged, of celebrity, and the publishing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • 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
  • To quantify this effect, the team modeled the drop as a conducting sphere hovering over a conducting wall, then calculated how the field strength scales with distance.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of scales
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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