disinvestment
noun
dis·in·vest·ment
ˌdis-in-ˈves(t)-mənt 
: consumption of capital
also
: the withdrawing of investment
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The art is part of a broader beautification effort for a community looking to preserve its culture in an area grappling with growth amid historic disinvestment.
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Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Years of disinvestment, inconsistent arts funding and bureaucratic contracting delays have hollowed out the robust infrastructure that allows these artists to educate fellow New Yorkers.
—Kimberly Olsen, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
This was a bustling and successful city in the middle years of the 20th century, before disinvestment and a post-industrial economy depleted the population.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
What the massacre destroyed, a century of disinvestment calcified.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Years of disinvestment, inconsistent arts funding and bureaucratic contracting delays have hollowed out the robust infrastructure that allows these artists to educate fellow New Yorkers.
—Kimberly Olsen, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
This was a bustling and successful city in the middle years of the 20th century, before disinvestment and a post-industrial economy depleted the population.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
What the massacre destroyed, a century of disinvestment calcified.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Disinvestment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinvestment. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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