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  • verb Present participle of remove.

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Examples

  • The British were interested in removing from the borders of their American colonists the dangers of attack, but when the American colonists won their independence there was no longer any such interest.

    Canada 1951

  • The physicist goes further and adds material if necessary - an operation which he describes as removing negative material.

    Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs

  • He also said he was intimately involved in "removing" certain targets, and was sanctioned by the Gov. in doing so.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • The corporations who had the foresight to invest in removing trans fats before there was pressure to, found themselves in a profitable position once the consumers were educated better.

    5 posts from March 2009 2009

  • If more of the general population does not get involved in removing these corrupt politicians, America is in serious trouble.

    Rep. Jack Murtha (D, PA) looking for a soft place to land? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Hitler, despite being a fervent anti-Communist, had no such inhibitions as he was merely engaged in removing a threat to his eastern frontier temporarily.

    Matthew Yglesias » Russia, China, and Iran 2010

  • How about you invest some time in removing that photo from my burned retinas?

    Dune reboot almost a go? 2009

  • The corporations who had the foresight to invest in removing trans fats before there was pressure to, found themselves in a profitable position once the consumers were educated better.

    The Meaning of Green 2009

  • Fannie and Freddie dispatched employees on Monday afternoon to begin removing loan files from the law offices of David J. Stern in Plantation, Fla.

    Fannie, Freddie Cut Ties to Law Firm Nick Timiraos 2010

  • You start with a full tower of blocks and then each person takes time in removing any block below the top layer and then adds it to the top.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1124 2009

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