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How do you use Divest in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like disinvest or strip, plus the exact meaning.

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Divest in a sentence

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Divest meaning

  1. To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  2. To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
  3. To undress.

Synonyms of Divest

Using Divest

  • The main meaning on this page is: To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice). | To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary. | To undress.
  • Useful related words include: disinvest, strip, take, invest.
  • In the example corpus, divest often appears in combinations such as: to divest, divest from, divest its.

Context around Divest

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Divest

  • In this selection, "divest" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, oil, partially, boycott, itself, east and now stand out and add context to how "divest" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an invest divest approach to and big oil divest now to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "divest" sits close to words such as abbot, adverts and apathy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with divest

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Divest UMS worked to divest the UMaine system from fossil fuels. (11 words)

More importantly, the survey found broad support for an “Invest/Divest” approach to public safety. (15 words)

Fanatics reportedly plans to divest its 60 percent stake in Candy Digital, a sports N.F.T. company. (18 words)

Campaigners from Divest East Sussex carried a 7ft tall oil barrel which said "Tax big oil - divest now" to County Hall in Lewes, along with a petition demanding the council stop investing in fossil fuels through its pension fund. (39 words)

In addition, in Q3, we made the decision to divest the pluggable module portion of our silicon photonics business, allowing us to focus on the higher-value component business and optical I/O solutions to enable AI infrastructure scaling. (39 words)

Overall, there has not been a lot of monopolization cases that have ended in a court ordering a company to divest itself, said Sean Sullivan, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law who teaches antitrust law. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Campaigners from Divest East Sussex carried a 7ft tall oil barrel which said "Tax big oil - divest now" to County Hall in Lewes, along with a petition demanding the council stop investing in fossil fuels through its pension fund.

Divest UMS worked to divest the UMaine system from fossil fuels.

EnBW, which announced plans to partially divest TransnetBW last year, said it expects the deal to be approved by regulatory bodies during the third quarter of the current year, adding it would remain the subsidiary's majority owner.

Fanatics reportedly plans to divest its 60 percent stake in Candy Digital, a sports N.F.T. company.

He explained that he works on his campus to fight against the Boycott Divest and Sanctions movement known as BDS.

He said, “The Federal Government must divest itself of the overwhelming but self-imposed duties for the country to breathe.

I challenge all the eco-terrorists to divest themselves of all their hydrocarbon paraphernalia, and they will quickly see that the emperor has no clothes.

I mostly play on CRTs—which Duo doesn’t support yet—and am looking to divest myself of my old physical game collection, not keep it around, or make it even larger.

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In 2021, she became an executive for Climate Action Carleton, where she contributed to the calling on Carleton University to divest from fossil fuel.

In addition, in Q3, we made the decision to divest the pluggable module portion of our silicon photonics business, allowing us to focus on the higher-value component business and optical I/O solutions to enable AI infrastructure scaling.

Instead, Divest is beginning to look toward potential financial gains that may come from divesting from fossil fuels to support its campaign.

Many see Arkansas as leading the latter push; officials there invoked a new law in October that bans certain foreign owners and ordered a Chinese seed company to divest its land.

More importantly, the survey found broad support for an “Invest/Divest” approach to public safety.

Overall, there has not been a lot of monopolization cases that have ended in a court ordering a company to divest itself, said Sean Sullivan, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law who teaches antitrust law.

Perhaps most notably, toward the end of the 2022-2023 academic year, Seattle U became the first university in Washington and the first Jesuit university nationwide to fully divest from fossil fuels.

Reading the new book, I tell him, I wonder if fiction is also a chance to divest himself a little of his BBC objectivity.

The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has expressed concern about the Agro Investment Corporation’s reported intention to divest the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) complex.

These reports often note the companies are not directly tied to human-rights abuses but carry a rather extortion-like promise: We’ll consider an upgrade if firms divest from their operations in disputed territories.

Throughout his time in office, President Trump, his family and his Republican allies repeatedly assured the public that his refusal to divest from his businesses wouldn’t lead to any conflicts of interest.

Two conglomerates are currently strategizing to divest of their enterprises, and either of these endeavors could potentially result in Thailand’s most significant listings this year.

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Common combinations with divest

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "divest" in a sentence?
An example: "Campaigners from Divest East Sussex carried a 7ft tall oil barrel which said "Tax big oil - divest now" to County Hall in Lewes, along with a petition demanding the council stop investing in fossil fuels through its pension fund." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "divest" from authentic English texts.
What does "divest" mean?
Divest means: To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
What are synonyms of "divest"?
Common synonyms of "divest" include: disinvest, strip, take, invest, withdraw, remove, undress, draw off. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "divest" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "divest", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.