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as in deprivation
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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of dispossession
This definition of Black maternal dispossession simply aims to examine the many ways that Black motherhood is obscured and rendered an archival impossibility for research in my attempt to define it.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The novel emphasizes that these conditions of privation and dispossession are themselves a vicious inheritance, that bloodshed and conquest have long characterized the story of this land.
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Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
So yeah, there was this painful past of dispossession and disease and sickness and population loss.
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AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
There’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting over the dispossession of Palestinians, and the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers, which appear to be sanctioned by the Israeli government.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Martel explores the killing not as an isolated event in her country’s recent past but as part of a long history of dispossession.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
For them, a donkey taken from the Palestinian community represents another form of settler dispossession, regardless of whether that removal is carried out through acts of care by sanctuary workers near Tel Aviv or through physical violence by Jewish shepherds in the West Bank.
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Irus Braverman,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Spanning 1542, 1988 and 2023, the film follows three generations of the Kambeba people resisting the long consequences of European invasion and dispossession.
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Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
In his report, Roth outlines the Indigenous determinants of health, ranging from land tenure and governance authority that strengthen Indigenous well-being to risk indicators like land dispossession and exclusion from decision-making.
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Anita Hofschneider,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The novel emphasizes that these conditions of privation and dispossession are themselves a vicious inheritance, that bloodshed and conquest have long characterized the story of this land.
—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
So yeah, there was this painful past of dispossession and disease and sickness and population loss.
—
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
There’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting over the dispossession of Palestinians, and the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers, which appear to be sanctioned by the Israeli government.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Martel explores the killing not as an isolated event in her country’s recent past but as part of a long history of dispossession.
—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
For them, a donkey taken from the Palestinian community represents another form of settler dispossession, regardless of whether that removal is carried out through acts of care by sanctuary workers near Tel Aviv or through physical violence by Jewish shepherds in the West Bank.
—
Irus Braverman,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Spanning 1542, 1988 and 2023, the film follows three generations of the Kambeba people resisting the long consequences of European invasion and dispossession.
—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
In his report, Roth outlines the Indigenous determinants of health, ranging from land tenure and governance authority that strengthen Indigenous well-being to risk indicators like land dispossession and exclusion from decision-making.
—
Anita Hofschneider,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, cognitive decline, and impaired immune function.
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Sleep deprivation, subpar nutritional habits, chronic unmitigated stress, and poor fitness lead to subpar cognitive and emotional regulation.
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Yale, a key champion of the quantum effort and an economic anchor in New Haven, has often found itself at the center of local discussions around displacement, gentrification and inequity.
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An image may resonate with deeper meanings (that’s what great directors can bring about), but the compression and displacement that make the simile devastating on the page have no cinematic equivalent.
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The novel emphasizes that these conditions of privation and dispossession are themselves a vicious inheritance, that bloodshed and conquest have long characterized the story of this land.
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Meanwhile, the European settlers, underprepared for actual conditions in the region, suffered great privations, and only 1,500 remained by 1832.
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Alongside the nonprofit’s own staff, an integral part of RefugeeOne’s resettlement efforts hinges on community members’ help.
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Now disarmed, the dissidents will enter a temporary resettlement zone where the government intends to facilitate their gradual reintegration into civilian life.
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Failure to submit any required tax documentation when requested may result in forfeiture of the Prize.
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The Ipswich boys lacrosse team was undefeated prior to its forfeiture.
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Others have raised concerns about the impact the relocation will have on the local Scottish industry.
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The relocation decision follows a strategic review of the annual TV festival prompted by rising costs to event organizers and delegates attending the popular event in pricey Edinburgh, host city for nearly 50 years.
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The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.
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The Radical Reform Movement has called for the expulsion of foreign investors.
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Houston has relented, however, following the council’s ouster of Commissioner Omar Farmer, an outspoken police critic, and a cooling-off of tensions between Houston and Commissioner Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, the current chair of the watchdog body.
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And he was so reviled by the Hollywood establishment that none other than Frank Sinatra hand-delivered a letter calling for his ouster.
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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