as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossess
Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
The cry is always I have been dispossessed of what belongs to me, my house, the food, foodstuff, the land.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Substitute midfielder Marco Delgado dispossessed Tigres and found Frankie Amaya, who played it to Artem Smalyakov.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
The cry is always I have been dispossessed of what belongs to me, my house, the food, foodstuff, the land.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Substitute midfielder Marco Delgado dispossessed Tigres and found Frankie Amaya, who played it to Artem Smalyakov.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossess
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That means the city can only evict people after a court order, must repair health and safety issues and must also provide accommodations for people with disabilities.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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At one point, a hotel where Abundant Blessings clients were staying threatened to evict them over nonpayment, forcing LAHSA to pay directly for the rooms, despite already having shelled out to Soofer to rent them.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Homeland Security Secretary said all three were being charged with conspiracy to deprive rights.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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But psychological research does not support the idea that personal growth deprives others.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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