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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
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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
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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
For me, the flashback is suggestive but not conclusive — maybe Arthur’s genuinely confused about the identity of the man in his house, or maybe this is his chance at revenge against the white men who have continually dispossessed his family and his people.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessed
Adjective
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That's the difference between him and somebody like Jackson, who is a deprived son of a teenage mother.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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And Bournville Estate, the neighborhood surrounding the For All Healthy Living Centre, is the most deprived area in the county of Somerset.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Dec. 2025
Verb
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An investigation found that Michael Albright and Heather Dunlap were the owners and had previously been evicted from the home.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Luari also was evicted from a second bakery location in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square that never opened.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Research comparing two groups of socially disadvantaged mothers found that those who used doulas were four times less likely to have a baby with low birth weight, two times less likely to have a birth complication and much more likely to start breastfeeding.—
Laura Ungar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The poll suggests that few men see themselves as disadvantaged compared to women in the workplace.—
Alexandra Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Indian film follows an impoverished elderly couple whose developmentally disabled son has become a source of shame in their village.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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The backstory The program began more than 60 years ago and typically provides medical aid to impoverished communities and rural, underserved areas — often in lower-resource countries like Angola, Guatemala and Venezuela but in some high-income countries as well.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In addition to her volunteer work for DMCC, Warren is a Casa de Amistad tutor for underprivileged elementary students in Solana Beach.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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There is tremendous focus on breaking the cycle of violence that underprivileged boys experience.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Doak and the Immigration and Naturalization Service have been sharply criticized, especially by social workers who came into contact with families left destitute because their breadwinners had been deported, often for technical irregularities that were not their fault but the government’s.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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None of this is to suggest that Van Der Beek was anything like destitute.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Young comedians, usually out of insecurity, tend to be in a needy rush to move to the next punch line during their act.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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What should talent-needy Tennessee do?—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Matthew Farwell has been declared indigent, and taxpayers are paying for his defense.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Justice Department has quietly gutted a more than 60-year-old program created to ensure that low-income and indigent immigrants can receive competent and affordable legal representation, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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