These are optional hyphens. They mark where a word should break and be hyphenated if it lands at the end of a line of text. To remove them in Word, click on "Replace", then in the "Find What" box, then either simply type "^-" or click on "More>>>" then "Special" and select "Optional Hyphen". Make sure the "Replace with" box is empty, and click on "Replace All", and it'll get rid of all those optional hyphens.
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