disinvestment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disinvestment
Example Sentences
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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
For a while many businesses made good money trading with South Africa, but the injustice of apartheid attracted global condemnation and UN sanctions which forced disinvestment and, eventually, helped to end the apartheid regime.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
“These students are fighting militarism, they’re asking for disinvestment, they’re putting themselves out there, and I respect that,” Castruita said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
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