strip out

British

verb

(tr) to remove the working parts of (a machine)
to remove (a chemical or component) from a mixture

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Example Sentences

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Strip out precious metals, and exports sagged 0.7% on-month.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when you strip out used-car inflation, it looks to be heading in the wrong direction.

From Barron's

So it’s best to strip out planes and the auto sector to get a better sense of underlying business investment patterns.

From MarketWatch

Friday’s inflation report showed so-called core prices, which strip out volatile food and energy costs, rose 2.5% in January from a year earlier—the lowest since the pandemic price surge began in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal

Underlying sales—which strip out currency movements and the impact of acquisitions and disposals—rose 3.5% for 2025, in line with analysts’ estimates from a company-compiled consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal

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