dispossessions

plural of dispossession

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessions
Noun
  • But Def Leppard is, at its core, a brotherhood of working-class kids from the British Isles, raised by parents who lived through the deprivations of World War II.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps, partially, though not because of any physical deprivations.
    Jane Ciabattari August 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Since 2022, Russia repeatedly urged China to act quickly to save its economy from inevitable privations stemming from the collapse of its Western market.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This struggle for resources often led to destabilization, conflict and displacements.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Almost two-thirds of the new displacements were reported outside Port-au-Prince, especially in Haiti's central region.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arne Slot’s team were vulnerable after three successive losses.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chaparro also noted that bitcoin and ether suffered less losses compared to alternative crypto-assets in this month’s massive liquidation event.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In recent months, tens of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan have crossed back into Afghanistan amid a wave of expulsions ordered by the Pakistani government.
    Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The data is categorized into removals, enforcement returns, administrative returns and Title 42 expulsions — which were carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Denunciations, roundups, missing people, deportations.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Dispossessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessions. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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