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as in deprivation
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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of dispossession
Amid this widespread dispossession, the first basic income proposals arose.
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Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
There was so much violence and death and dispossession, and Francisco was sort of born in the midst of that.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
There was so much violence and death and dispossession, and Francisco was sort of born in the midst of that.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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Dyer notes that Cox may well have been confused by the mental and physical trauma of the sinking and the deprivations of five days adrift.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Apr. 2026
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Marcos Javier Andrade faces one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of use and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Volunteers passing out food in the displacement camp gave her just enough formula for the next few days.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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At Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, a new production is using the stage to explore the impact of immigration and displacement.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 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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America’s legacy of refugee resettlement helped save our family.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The jobs listed in the EDD layoff notices include behavioral specialists, child care workers, food service managers, instructional aides, medical assistants, program directors, recreation workers, a refugee resettlement worker and therapists.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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The brothers in their appeal were attacking the sentences and forfeitures from many angles.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hill was booked and held on a $3,500 bond connected to two bond-forfeiture warrants from a 2025 criminal investigation, the sheriff’s office said.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Their new album is billed as a product of that relocation and adjusting to major city life.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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In 1942, Igra’s father learned of an impending relocation of Jewish women and children in the area.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, some of the settlers on those outposts have forced the expulsion and displacement of Palestinian communities following settler violence and harassment.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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The student involved was later arrested and expulsion was recommended.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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That led to the ouster of Abdulhak’s friend, President Ali Abdullah Saleh.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Musk, who runs OpenAI competitor xAI, is seeking the ouster of Sam Altman as CEO and the reversal of OpenAI’s restructuring, which would force it to operate as a nonprofit.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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