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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of dispossession
Its occupation of the West Bank has entrenched a system of dispossession and daily violence, as Palestinians are killed, arrested and displaced while Israeli settlers, protected by the Israel Defense Forces and supported by the United States, expand into Palestinian land.
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Ken Barnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Critics of Israel often rightly point out that Palestinian radicalization is less the result of inveterate ideology than of continuous Israeli occupation, violence, and dispossession.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
There’s this interplay of development and deprivation, of unbridled growth and displacement and dispossession.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Contemporary neoliberal education has succeeded in naturalizing the belief that action and movement are for the rich and powerful and surrender and dispossession are the pragmatic condition of life for the rest.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
And similar scenes of fear and dispossession played out across the country, as Japanese Americans were forced to leave behind their homes and livelihoods and bused to remote camps.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
These forms did not emerge in isolation, but out of daily practices of survival and defiance shaped by colonial domination, racial hierarchies, and economic dispossession.
—Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
And so, put simply, the Park Service is not the villain of the story of dispossession.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Ken Barnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Critics of Israel often rightly point out that Palestinian radicalization is less the result of inveterate ideology than of continuous Israeli occupation, violence, and dispossession.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
There’s this interplay of development and deprivation, of unbridled growth and displacement and dispossession.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Contemporary neoliberal education has succeeded in naturalizing the belief that action and movement are for the rich and powerful and surrender and dispossession are the pragmatic condition of life for the rest.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
And similar scenes of fear and dispossession played out across the country, as Japanese Americans were forced to leave behind their homes and livelihoods and bused to remote camps.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
These forms did not emerge in isolation, but out of daily practices of survival and defiance shaped by colonial domination, racial hierarchies, and economic dispossession.
—Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
And so, put simply, the Park Service is not the villain of the story of dispossession.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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Kirk declined and was convicted by a jury in February 2025 of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Out of all our celebrity bedrooms, this one is closest to a sensory deprivation tank in its moody details, conjuring a place to disengage, relax, and hibernate.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2026
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From glass sculptures to abstract collages, the artists grapple with memory, home and survival in the aftermath of displacement.—
Grant Klarich Johnson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Syria endured more than a decade of mass violence, displacement and repression during a devastating civil war.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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This year, Miami Beach and the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency are spending $390,000 on public relations campaigns aimed at stimulating real estate development and resettlement.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Refugee resettlement organizations estimate this new policy could impact tens of thousands of refugees, mostly those who entered during the Biden administration.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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The intelligence report also mentions that the FBI gathered a list of items from the ranch identified as evidence — or in preparation for a potential forfeiture action by the Justice Department in 2019.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in forfeiture of the Prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The company said that the relocation will begin at the end of 2026 and last until the end of 2028.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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In Patagonia’s mountains, Adelaida, the last of a Chilean indigenous people, resists relocation as a mining project threatens her ancestral land.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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The plan also aims to boost a culturally responsive curriculum, including lessons on Black history and culture, and reduce out-of-school suspensions and expulsions for Black students by 40%.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Violence in the backcountry between Americans and Native people intensified, fueled by rhetoric justifying atrocities and the expulsion of Indigenous nations to address Americans’ demand for new land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The ouster of roughly 92 hereditary peers completes a modernization effort begun in 1999 to make the chamber more democratic.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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In other world news, the State Department said Thursday the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, marking a major shift just two months after former President Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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