Thesaurus results for DISPOSSESSING

dispossessing

verb

present participle of dispossess

as in evicting

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 dispossessing Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 June 2026 How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide. — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

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In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, landlords are already evicting tenants with expiring vouchers.

— Ana Rodriguez, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

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Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Tehran’s central bank governor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, has said the country is not currently exporting oil, depriving it of a critical source of foreign currency.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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All this reveals there is no one single process responsible for stripping planet-forming material from around infant stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
TikTok’s rules are moving toward preserving surprise commerce while stripping out the mechanics that most resemble gambling.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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