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Recent Examples of annexation
Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right Israeli finance minister, has called for the annexation of 82% of the West Bank to block any vision of a future Palestinian state from becoming a reality.
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Abigail Williams, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
The next day, top Israeli ministers were scheduled to discuss the idea of annexation—that is, until the UAE intervened.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
The fire district was then acquired by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District through annexation in 2022.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Israel’s cabinet stepped back from discussing potential annexation of the West Bank.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Abigail Williams, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
The next day, top Israeli ministers were scheduled to discuss the idea of annexation—that is, until the UAE intervened.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
The fire district was then acquired by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District through annexation in 2022.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Israel’s cabinet stepped back from discussing potential annexation of the West Bank.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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The confiscation was never completed, however, and two of the four animals on the list have since died.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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Officials warn that violators could face steep penalties, including drone confiscation, fines, and possible criminal charges.—
Amanda Castro
Mandy Taheri
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The expropriation entailed the government seizing a 51% equity stake in YPF.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Land expropriations will also be authorized.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The takeover talks are happening during a busy fall game release schedule for the company; the latest edition of its annual soccer game, EA Sports FC 26, is out this week.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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In Putin-era Russia, the takeover of NTV, and similar cases of state encroachment in the media, eventually led to a culture of self-censorship, in which outright bans or other repressive measures were relatively rare.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Carbon Sequestration Carbon Capture and Sequestration has been dealt a blow by a study published this week in Nature, the sequestration bit particularly.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Plus adds the NordPass password manager along with Threat Protection Pro for malware screening and sequestration, including an ad and tracker blocker and advanced browsing protection, and ups the eSim data provided to 5GB.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 Aug. 2025
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The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In other words, the president would enjoy broad unilateral impoundment power.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Grabbing the power of the purse through impoundment Trump has also grabbed Congress’s purse strings in addition to scaling back the executive through a cost-cutting initiative carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency panel, formerly led by Elon Musk.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
29 Aug. 2025
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Sinclair announced the end of its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live!—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Health data isn’t just being used to improve wellness; it’s being repurposed as a mechanism for profiling, punishment and preemption — under the banner of efficiency and order.—
Kate Caldwell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since none of the 12 appropriations bills have been approved, this shutdown is more extensive than the partial shutdown that started in December 2018, when Congress had enacted five of the 12 appropriations bills, said the nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank Committee for a Responsible Budget.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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But Republicans instead want to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government open for a few weeks while bipartisan negotiations on appropriations take place.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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