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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Critics warn the scheme could amount to ethnic cleansing.
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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
The result: The obstacles to the far right’s blueprint for conquest and ethnic cleansing have been removed, and its agenda has effectively become Netanyahu’s policy.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
While some agree with early views of student protestors that Israel is carrying out a campaign of cruelty and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, others insist Hamas, the militant group in control of the region, which attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the war, is solely responsible for the suffering.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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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
The result: The obstacles to the far right’s blueprint for conquest and ethnic cleansing have been removed, and its agenda has effectively become Netanyahu’s policy.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
While some agree with early views of student protestors that Israel is carrying out a campaign of cruelty and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, others insist Hamas, the militant group in control of the region, which attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the war, is solely responsible for the suffering.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
Noun
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This creates the potential for payload delivery and even medical evacuation from orbit to any major metropolitan area.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Determine family meeting places and make sure to include an out-of-town location in case of evacuation.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Enforce the current rules better The H-2A program is supposed to provide fair wages, safe working conditions and free housing and transportation to workers.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Without access to consistent services—such as preventive health care, personal support workers, employment coaching, and transportation—many face risks of institutionalization, frequent hospitalizations, or unemployment.—
Our Place,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The summer vacation crowds thin, kids head back to school, and the snowbirds (of the silver-haired variety) haven’t yet made the migration down for peak winter season.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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There had been questions about a potential suspension to second-team All-Pro defensive tackle Jalen Carter after his ejection from the Eagles’ opener for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Penalties can include ejection, banishment from NFL games and events, and legal action.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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These programs have been brought in against a background of increasing emigration out of New Zealand.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The removal of 290,000 immigrants and the emigration of 30,000 people is expected to occur between 2026 and 2030.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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