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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of dispossession
And so, put simply, the Park Service is not the villain of the story of dispossession.
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JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Moved by Arthur’s story of dispossession, Dale wrote out a new will, which would see his shares of Indian Head Hills returned to Arthur and Chutto.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
That Haudenosaunee dispossession made the Erie Canal possible.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
By addressing notions of dispossession and racialization, Nolan aims at looking for ways to repair the world.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Nguyen, who lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, creates films and sculptures embodying the ripple effects of violence and dispossession.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2025
But the forcible dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, the deprivation of their basic rights, has been a hallmark of the Zionist movement and of Israeli governments.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Nine years later, the trial begins and the film weaves courtroom footage with community voices and images to uncover the deep colonial roots of land dispossession.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Moved by Arthur’s story of dispossession, Dale wrote out a new will, which would see his shares of Indian Head Hills returned to Arthur and Chutto.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
That Haudenosaunee dispossession made the Erie Canal possible.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
By addressing notions of dispossession and racialization, Nolan aims at looking for ways to repair the world.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Nguyen, who lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, creates films and sculptures embodying the ripple effects of violence and dispossession.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2025
But the forcible dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, the deprivation of their basic rights, has been a hallmark of the Zionist movement and of Israeli governments.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Nine years later, the trial begins and the film weaves courtroom footage with community voices and images to uncover the deep colonial roots of land dispossession.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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But, for most of us, drinking it too close to bedtime will harm sleep (and health, by extension, if sleep deprivation continues).—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
12 Jan. 2026
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Research shows that sleep deprivation causes hormonal changes that contribute to obesity.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
8 Jan. 2026
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The absence of noise left Juszczyk with an eerie sense of displacement.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement This depletion of humanitarian capacity means that should the security situation deteriorate, or additional displacement occur, organizations are ill-equipped to meet needs.—
Ciaran Donnelly,
Time,
11 Jan. 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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The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 2026
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Both have called for Jewish resettlement in the territory.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
30 Dec. 2025
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Attorney Brian Steele, who represents the rapper, had petitioned the court with the argument that the state did not hold a civil forfeiture hearing within the 60-day time limit.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The exchange was a part of the final forfeiture case filed in 2023 against Greta Keranen and Jeffrey Regnier, owners of Kee Firearms and Kee Construction in New Lenox.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Greece now offers a new five-year golden visa for foreign investors, creating another enticing relocation option for Americans interested in moving abroad.—
Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fallout led to tit-for-tat expulsions of senior diplomats, disruption of visa services, reduced consular staffing and a freeze on trade talks.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Seldom has a brown person coasted through early eps without the critical gaze of fellow contestants, and eventual groupthink expulsion.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Global shifts Historically speaking, geopolitical shocks have little lasting impact on the stock market, with even the recent ouster of as Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro failing to faze markets.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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The two had gathered at a restaurant in Los Angeles with other Venezuelans in the days after Maduro’s ouster, celebratory but still uncertain about what came next.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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