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shedding

  • present participle of shed.
  • a word derived from shed.

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Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Shedding this sugar coating appears to be a key step in the body's inflammatory response.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Shedding friends is a painful fact of adulthood.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025

Shedding Elixir was part of a plan Rite Aid worked out before it filed for bankruptcy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Shedding its shell is a long and painful business for a big Jimmy, but for a she-crab, turning into a sook, it seemed somehow worse.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson