How to Use root out in a Sentence

root out

verb
  • And so, unpleasant people have been rooted out of the group over the years.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Nobody’s more committed than me [in rooting out fraud].
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • McCarthy’s rampage was about rooting out traitors.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • When planted in the ground, a plant sends roots out far and wide to provide structural support, but that doesn’t happen in a pot.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The House will vote on several bills aimed at rooting out fraud in government programs.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • Geldert says the experience shows the state's effort to root out fraud is leaving vulnerable people most at risk.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Reduce spending, root out fraud and waste and actually hold agencies accountable.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Trump vowed to root out the source of that information, including by threatening to jail the journalist who broke the story.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But Warsh wants to go a step further, by rooting out extreme price shocks when calculating overall inflation.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But Warsh wants to go a step further, by rooting out extreme price shocks when calculating overall inflation.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Barham responded with soul-searching and a decision to root out the toxicity, which had driven so many players away from the group.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
  • Any sign of Christian viewpoint discrimination will be rooted out.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 June 2026
  • In Massachusetts, Foley will have the power of subpoena to root out fraud in state agencies.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Even so, there is reason to believe the administration’s move would have ramifications well beyond rooting out genuine fraud.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • In his campaign Magyar promised to restore democratic checks and balances, restore ties with the EU, and root out corruption.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Green party leader Zack Polanski has made rooting out the company a rallying call.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 3 May 2026
  • Democrats still trail on crime and safety, where a slim majority of Latinos trust Republicans more, as well as in efforts to root out government waste.
    — Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Democratic lawmakers say the oversight visits are needed to root out potential problems at the facilities.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Instead, his plan consisted of rooting out fraud, reprioritizing funding, and growing the economy.
    — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The goal here would be two-fold — to get the younger element of the PA more money and to root out owners who simply want to pocket revenue sharing checks and don’t honestly compete.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • No one’s yet discovered how to root out the source of subtle cyberattacks, like in the latter example, with 100 percent accuracy.
    — Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For reasons that are still poorly understood, the body’s immune system, normally tuned exquisitely to root out and destroy invasive pathogens or sickly cells, begins to assault healthy cells instead.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • As state corrections director, Franzen ordered a shakedown at Stateville and fired two wardens at the facility in an effort to root out corruption.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the past year, public universities in Texas have been pressured by Republicans at the state and federal level to root out what has been described as liberal bias.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, the security community has published various advisories on how developers and companies can root out the threat.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Even if no charges ultimately are filed, the attorneys contended in interviews that rooting out identities of dissenters is at the very least an intimidation tactic.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Several deal specifically with the issue of insider trading, while others are broader and seek to root out other activity on the platform, including sports betting.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working.
    — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
  • The White House last month announced that Vice President JD Vance will spearhead an effort to root out Medicaid fraud.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The case hinges on how well the Sheriff’s Office complies with 368 paragraphs outlined in four court orders aimed at rooting out racial profiling, Warshaw responded.
    — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2026

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