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opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
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
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Adjective
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Verb
Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessed
Adjective
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There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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After lawmakers in Germany determined that anonymous surrenders deprived children of the chance to learn anything about their parentage, Germany passed a confidential-birth law in 2014.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mickey Rourke says fans who donated to a GoFundMe to keep him from getting evicted should get their money back.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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According to a new report from The Daily Mail, Andrew—who has lived at the 30-bedroom mansion on the Windsor estate since 2003 and who was evicted from it in October of last year—will finally vacate the property by Easter, which falls on April 5 this year.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But growing global opposition against Israeli sports teams has put its athletes and fans in disadvantaged positions in 2025.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Aspire Capitol Heights is a TK-8 charter school which enrolls about 220 primarily Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, only half of which reside in Sacramento City Unified district boundaries.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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All the struggling, impoverished Californians who wish their lives were better?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The flood of people overwhelmed Bajo Chiquito, an impoverished community of 382 members of the Indigenous Emberá-Wounaan people.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On the other end of the spectrum are our urban and rural districts which have a substantially lower tax base and a larger number of underprivileged and non-native English Language speakers.—
Michael Maguire,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Mourning co-founded his own family foundation in 1997, and six years later founded the Overtown Youth Center in Miami, a community center dedicated to giving underprivileged kids access to support, mentorship, academic help, after-school programs and enrichment opportunities.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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No matter the iteration, New York is a destitute trade partner, having already emptied its chamber for Towns and Bridges.—
Ricardo Sandoval,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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One million of these children are destitute, going without their most basic needs of staying warm, dry, clothed and fed being met, according to a 2023 study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which studies poverty and formulates policy to tackle it.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Trump has since blocked funding to Colorado for needy families, disaster relief and clean water.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Depending on how long that review takes, the funding freeze could jeopardize programs that serve New York’s neediest families and force day care centers to shutter, just as Mamdani looks to expand universal child care.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Prior to the sentencing, the defense objected to imposing any court fees or fines, saying Jake Haro is indigent and a public defender client.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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The office provides services to indigent defendants in felony cases in the county.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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