divestment

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“We have seen incredible momentum grow in support of our movement in these past few days and will not let it go to waste,” a post on the NU Divestment Coalition’s Instagram read.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Divestment means to sell or otherwise drop financial ties.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

Divestment commitments of more than $40 trillion in assets have been made in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Shaath, whose father, Nabil, is a prominent Palestinian politician, was an activist in Egypt’s Arab Spring uprising in 2011 and co-founded the country’s pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

Divestment -- N. divestment; taking off &c. v.. nudity; bareness &c. adj.; undress; dishabille &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark