divest
verb (used with object)
to strip of clothing, ornament, etc..
will divest
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future tenseof divest.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Live Nation will divest up to 13 amphitheaters and pay $280 million in damages to the nearly 40 states that were parties to the antitrust lawsuit against the California-based company, the official said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
“The conceit that somehow you will intimidate me and the University of California will divest is silly and illogical. That’s never going to happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The company has also agreed to donate $50 million worth of two generic products to humanitarian organizations and will divest one additional generic product to a third-party buyer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow announced this year that the university will divest itself from holdings in fossil fuels.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Oh keen distress with every ill, Obtrude on me the bitter pill; While life remains hope will divest A gloomy thought tho’ he’s distress’d.
From Sketches in Verse respectfully addressed to the Norfolk Yeomenry by James Parkerson
