ethnic cleansing

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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing That move is narrated as sinister—the step before ethnic cleansing—but preparatory. David Renton may 12, Literary Hub, 12 May 2025 Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025 And moreover that there are people in his government who may want ethnic cleansing or whatever else? Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 May 2025 All Arab states have rejected the plan, and Hamas has called it ethnic cleansing. Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ethnic cleansing
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Noun
  • Between 300 and 500 people per day are estimated to require evacuation assistance from Israel, with the U.S. government weighing the options of using flights or ships to extract Americans from the region.
    Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
  • On Monday, June 23, the park stated on Facebook that a search and rescue team (SAR) was conducting an evacuation operation to try and recover Marins.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The current surface transportation bill, which was included in the Biden-era bipartisan infrastructure package signed into law in 2021, expires in September 2026.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
  • Start by running regular pulse surveys to identify the real challenges your workforce faces, whether that's childcare needs, transportation issues or educational commitments.
    Silvija Martincevic, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • While domestic migration remained the main source of population growth last year for 11 states, primarily in the South, net gains from migration fell in several of these states.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Deportation flights resumed this year as part of U.S. efforts to curb irregular migration.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Canada's departure tax treats emigration as a deemed disposition of assets, potentially triggering substantial capital gains taxes.
    Jeremy Savory, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • In multiple other regions, Africa and Europe, the Jewish population fell substantially, largely reflecting widespread emigration.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025

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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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