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removal

[ri-moo-vuhl] / rɪˈmu vəl /


NOUN
the act of moving
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According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Surgeons try to remove as much of the tumor as possible, but glioblastoma cells can spread into surrounding brain tissue, making complete removal extremely difficult.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The bill called for state agencies to address “the inequities regarding access to, and control over, water caused by state-sanctioned acts of termination, removal, and assimilation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Students publicized my campus affiliations and demanded my removal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Although the government’s removal campaign for Sophiatown had started in 1950, efforts by the ANC to combat it did not begin in earnest until 1953.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"What has been more operationally difficult is to scale up very large numbers of removals every week into the French system," she added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Reporting this week has made it a lot clearer what these third-country removals actually look like, especially the ones to Africa.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

But almost none of that technology currently exists at scale, and the committee says credible plans exist for just 1% of these engineered removals needed by the late 2030s.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

In 2005, the California government formally apologized for these forced removals, recognizing they were “fundamental violations of … basic civil liberties and constitutional rights” during a period “of illegal deportation and coerced emigration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Lichfield, see of, 17, 18; made metropolitan, 26-29; removals of, 82.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt




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