as in to undress
to remove clothing from
the doctor instructed the patient to disrobe himself before the examination
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Recent Examples of disrobe
Her multiyear process of disrobing was complete.
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
With an increasing number of thrift stores closing dressing rooms (a move often made to discourage theft), some people disrobe right there in the open.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026
But in 2026’s first week, the most visible use of AI has been X users employing Grok to digitally disrobe women.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
The retooling emperor has been disrobed and rightly ridiculed by those far enough removed from the halls of power to speak plainly, the truth now apparent for all to see.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
With an increasing number of thrift stores closing dressing rooms (a move often made to discourage theft), some people disrobe right there in the open.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026
But in 2026’s first week, the most visible use of AI has been X users employing Grok to digitally disrobe women.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
The retooling emperor has been disrobed and rightly ridiculed by those far enough removed from the halls of power to speak plainly, the truth now apparent for all to see.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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In testimony Monday, Woodall described being made to undress in Kiesle’s rectory bedroom during a sleepover as a fifth-grader, before being molested alongside another child as part of a role-playing bedtime story.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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This included limiting Grok on X to paying subscribers and attempting to stop Grok from undressing women.—
Robert Hart,
The Verge,
15 Apr. 2026
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At Ross Stores, the compensation committee approved a similar adjustment on May 21, 2025, the proxy states, stripping tariff costs from calculations used to determine bonuses and long-term incentive payouts.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Investigators said that Scott walked through an unlocked front door, stripped off his clothes and went straight into a sleeping child’s bedroom.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Disrobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrobe. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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