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Recent Examples of encroachment
In 1924, the city, first named Lawndale and later changed to Colma, was incorporated as a city to protect the dead from encroachment.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Stolarz tossed the net out of his way to go after Marchment for crashing into him during the second period, but he wasn’t bothered by the encroachment after the fact.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The organization is also working with ranchers to establish prescribed burn associations to manage the damaging plants and is organizing community cutting days to reduce woody encroachment further.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Technological encroachment on your love life doesn’t end with dating.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow has declined in recent weeks on concerns regarding competitive encroachment and legal woes.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Stolarz tossed the net out of his way to go after Marchment for crashing into him during the second period, but he wasn’t bothered by the encroachment after the fact.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The organization is also working with ranchers to establish prescribed burn associations to manage the damaging plants and is organizing community cutting days to reduce woody encroachment further.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Technological encroachment on your love life doesn’t end with dating.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow has declined in recent weeks on concerns regarding competitive encroachment and legal woes.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroachment
Noun
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Time was, Republicans opposed such intrusions, and rightly so.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tribal leaders view them as an unregulated intrusion on their gaming rights.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In August, The Guardian said the Israeli Defense Forces' Unit 8200 had built a system in Microsoft's Azure cloud for tracking Palestinians' phone calls as part of the country's invasion of Gaza, leading Microsoft to investigate the newspaper's assertions.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Iran, Baghdad’s arch enemy during Hussein’s rule, now enjoys significant influence in Iraq – another direct result of the US invasion.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Three Twitch streamers are currently facing copyright-infringement lawsuits from a popular YouTuber.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company recently rolled out Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model, which ran into immediate copyright infringement issues and drew criticism after it was used to create deepfakes of historical figures including Martin Luther King Jr.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Matilda, fresh on the island, even trespasses on Beechwood and sees the wreckage herself.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The teenager, who police initially said is a juvenile, was given a trespass warning and released to a parent.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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The denial letter said Farzam was convicted of making a false statement to the DMV and a registration violation.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Guaidó’s team seemed interested in using part of the funds for the operation to finance riots in the streets that would go alongside the incursion.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of these are described by a narrator and visualized as ghostly incursions from the past.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Encroachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroachment. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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