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  • verb Present participle of disinvest.

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Examples

  • McCormick said New Jersey was the only state "disinvesting" in its colleges and universities before the recession hit.

    Latest News Nancy Kearney 2010

  • McCormick said New Jersey was the only state "disinvesting" in its colleges and universities before the recession hit.

    Latest News Nancy Kearney 2010

  • Schwartz said the company will be "disinvesting" in complexity and inefficiency, noting that "Sun has become too difficult to do business with."

    ENT News Online | News 2008

  • Schwartz said the company will be "disinvesting" in complexity and inefficiency, noting that "Sun has become too difficult to do business with."

    Application Development Trends - News 2008

  • Schwartz said the company will be "disinvesting" in complexity and inefficiency, noting that "Sun has become too difficult to do business with."

    Redmond Channel Partner Online | News 2008

  • "We are disinvesting in our higher education system, the very education system that made this the eighth largest economy in the world."

    Calif. lawmakers close deficit on rosy projections 2011

  • "We are disinvesting in our higher education system, the very education system that made this the eighth largest economy in the world."

    Calif. lawmakers close deficit on rosy projections 2011

  • "We are disinvesting in our higher education system, the very education system that made this the eighth largest economy in the world."

    Calif. lawmakers close deficit on rosy projections 2011

  • Obama's economic proposals are good, but may not lead to domestic investment, writes Harold Meyerson: All of these proposals are well and good, and a distinct improvement over the Republicans' alternative program of disinvesting public funds in the nation's future in hopes that the private sector will take up the slack.

    Wonkbook: So much State of the Union Ezra Klein 2011

  • But the Golden State is at risk of losing this edge, disinvesting in the very areas that California needs to compete in the 21st century and to ensure that its people have the tools they need to realize their full potential.

    Kristen Lewis: Which California Are You? Kristen Lewis 2011

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