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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
Noun
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He is charged with deprivation of rights under color of law and falsifying records.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025 -
What’s more, alcohol can also disrupt sleep, and sleep deprivation in general is huge here, too.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
6 Aug. 2025
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In a separate report, the U.N.'s humanitarian office said the wave of attacks between July 20 and July 28 across three districts in Cabo Delgado caused the surge in displacements.—
Danielle Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sheffield said reducing crime and preventing displacement are among her priorities.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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The deal streamlined forfeiture logistics but placed the signing keys (and therefore control) outside the federal government.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Having decided to put the forfeiture item on the ballot, council members moved toward a roll call vote on extending terms and creating term limits.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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Park and McKellar have chosen not to appeal their expulsions due to the time-consuming nature of the process, which Park said would interfere with his other projects.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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According to the guild, Park and McKellar did not appeal their expulsions.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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Until last year, when the destruction of Hezbollah’s offensive capabilities in Lebanon, which led to the ouster of the Assad regime, brought them face-to-face with one another in Syria.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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That report fueled demands for her ouster and a special election granting the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors the power to remove her by a four-fifths vote.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Mass deportations are just one part of President Trump's agenda that the Republican majority in Congress has supported.—
Andrew Schneider,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
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Asked about the mass deportations now impacting immigrants, Shi was rational but undeterred.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
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Where such freedoms are safeguarded, democracy is more robust, local and regional conflicts are less likely, cross-border migration is reduced, and prosperity and the prospect of lucrative business and trade opportunities abound.—
Miles P. J. Windsor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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For Charlotte specifically, midyear migration trends showed recent U-Haul moves into the city mostly originated from Atlanta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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