disinvestment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disinvestment
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Pastor noted that Price made an effort to focus on Latino residents, who have grown up alongside Black residents and suffered the same disinvestment in their neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
By then, the national story was one of disinvestment: deferred maintenance, fiscal crises, crime and a general sense that big public systems were what Europe did and America had outgrown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“The best way to solve the vexing problems of poverty, racism, and disinvestment is not by providing market-based microsolutions,” she pointed out.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025
But it’s a city that still suffers more from poverty and disinvestment than an excruciating shortage of housing.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2025
"The UK's advantage is slipping. If you look at the numbers there is disinvestment in research and development. It's been on a steady decline."
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
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