Divestment is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Divestment in a sentence
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Divestment meaning
The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
Using Divestment
- The main meaning on this page is: The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
- In the example corpus, divestment often appears in combinations such as: divestment and, boycott divestment, the divestment.
Context around Divestment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Divestment
- In this selection, "divestment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boycott, fuel, pro, stance, bill and programme stand out and add context to how "divestment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a major divestment programme mr and a partial divestment on our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "divestment" sits close to words such as accrued, angled and angst, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with divestment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My question is on divestment. (5 words)
Second Opinion: Anti-apartheid divestment built a movement of people. (10 words)
The end goal of divestment is the end of Canadian energy. (11 words)
A recent divestment bill that would have directed managers of California’s public pension and teachers’ retirement funds to stop investing in the 200 largest oil, gas, and coal companies failed in the Legislature for the second year in a row. (41 words)
Giving a new twist to the row over the proposed divestment of the Centre’s stake in Vizag Steel Plant (VSP), the Telangana Government is mulling over the possibility of joining the race for the plant. (36 words)
This ideology is woven into the fabric of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel that fuels the antisemitism promoted by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Eight months later, Georgetown its divestment from coal mining companies without committing to full fossil fuel divestment.
The Resolution commits the Senate to a pro-divestment stance, to encouraging the student body to learn more about ESG policy and divestment, and to stand against the destruction of marginalized communities and the environment.
The resolution reiterated parts of earlier ones surrounding the topic of divestment, but called for carbon neutrality rather than divestment.
After walking out, protesters exited the building and marched toward the Vanderbilt courtyard to host a teach-in about Palestine and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel.
A recent divestment bill that would have directed managers of California’s public pension and teachers’ retirement funds to stop investing in the 200 largest oil, gas, and coal companies failed in the Legislature for the second year in a row.
Are you potentially considering an equity raise and then to tide you over until late in the year, or are you still optimistic that we could see a partial divestment on our current economics.
Billionaire Enrique Razon Jr.-led Apex Mining Co. Inc. is mulling over the divestment of its gold mining assets in Mongolia to recover losses from operating the project.
Colleges and universities—whose students are pushing for divestment from fossil fuels—continue to employ lobbyists who also work for ExxonMobil, the Koch Companies, and other funders of climate denialism.
Foster notes that even if McGill commits to partial or total divestment in its endowment fund, it will likely continue to fund fossil fuel companies through its pooled funds.
Giving a new twist to the row over the proposed divestment of the Centre’s stake in Vizag Steel Plant (VSP), the Telangana Government is mulling over the possibility of joining the race for the plant.
Haleon, however, is not planning a major divestment programme, Mr McNamara said.
Ms Stubbins said PwC was not expected to make a profit from the divestment and the new company was not expected to share an office with the existing business.
My question is on divestment.
Rob Noyes, divestment campaigner and researcher at Platform, said: “Investments in dirty fossil fuels turn public sector savings into fossil fuel playthings, pumping billions of pounds through the pensions pipeline into climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
Second Opinion: Anti-apartheid divestment built a movement of people.
That mitigated the negative impact from soft market and the divestment of the Russian operations in the second quarter last year.
The end goal of divestment is the end of Canadian energy.
The proposed legislation could prevent public bodies from adopting their own approach to international relations including through sanctions and divestment campaigns.
This ideology is woven into the fabric of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel that fuels the antisemitism promoted by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).
This planned Oregon asset divestment deal serves as an indication of the significance of Rayonier's $1 billion asset monetization goal.
Common combinations with divestment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- divestment and 45×
- boycott divestment 40×
- the divestment 18×
- divestment from 17×
- divestment of 14×
- for divestment 11×
- and divestment 8×
- of divestment 8×
- fuel divestment 4×
- on divestment 4×