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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Rights groups have accused Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, charges that the Israeli government forcefully denies.
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Freedom House, the European Parliament, and many other institutions have called it ethnic cleansing.
—Artak Beglaryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Critics warn the scheme could amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
In fact, the tiny kingdom had spent years engaged in an ethnic cleansing campaign that stripped one sixth of its population of citizenship and then booted it from the country.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Freedom House, the European Parliament, and many other institutions have called it ethnic cleansing.
—Artak Beglaryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Critics warn the scheme could amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
In fact, the tiny kingdom had spent years engaged in an ethnic cleansing campaign that stripped one sixth of its population of citizenship and then booted it from the country.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
Noun
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Residents who were not registered for the alert system or other methods never received evacuation messages.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The threat caused the evacuation of a City Council meeting and a shift to temporary virtual sessions.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tournament will provide a major boost in tourism for the host cities, from a soar in hotel and restaurant bookings and transportation fees, alongside opening up additional jobs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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By comparison, the vehicle miles traveled per resident for the residential portion of the project is said to be a less than significant transportation impact.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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At stake, the report says, are migration corridors for elk, mule deer and Canada lynx, forests that remove carbon from the atmosphere, clean water, clean air and outdoor spaces that attract visitors to the benefit of the state’s economy.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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BirdCast, which tracks bird migration, wrote online.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some pointed out that in a serious accident where battery fires are likely, the car’s body could deform too much to allow any ejection.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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The only downside was cornerback Devin Dye’s ejection for targeting in the second half.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tilbury Docks is a post-industrial wasteland of car parks, motorways and an old brick terminal whose walls are coated thick with the memory of emigration.—
David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Local culture is infused with goodbyes, says archivist Seonaid McDonald, who helped curate an exhibit at Lews Castle about emigration from the island.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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