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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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The result is that many residents who are evicted lose their home.—
Cassie Powell,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Prince Andrew ⬆ Stripped of titles, evicted from his mansion, becomes Andrew Mountbatten Windsor—yet King Charles pays his rent at Sandringham for life.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The novella unspools Hamida’s subsequent encounters with other disadvantaged women.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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About 60% of Crandon students are economically disadvantaged, according to the DPI.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The film, which world premiered in the Berlinale’s Perspectives sidebar, follows an impoverished but determined family put to test when the father, who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, is accused of murder.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions have crippled the government’s primary source of revenue, oil exports, limiting the state’s ability to provide for millions of impoverished Iranians through social safety nets.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Carey herself has her share of philanthropic projects including Camp Mariah, which helps underprivileged children.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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King of Christmas also donates thousands of trees to underprivileged families and communities impacted by natural disasters each year.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Palestinians in Gaza are destitute.—
Lydia Polgreen,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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The movement of aid has increased through Israel’s border, but on a scale that Palestinians say falls short of the needs of a destitute populace.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Also on-tap for Tuesday could be talk of looming budget cuts at both the state and federal level that could impact service availability for homeless or needy families.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Seahawks could also be sellers at the deadline, given how many teams need defensive backs (Russini lists the Ravens, Colts, and Lions as CB-needy clubs).—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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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That money will go towards the hiring of two deputy county attorneys and two paralegals for the prosecutor's office as well as paying for Nester and her team due to Robinson being declared indigent by the court.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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