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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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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The measure will appear on voters’ ballots this year and could overhaul the region’s transportation system.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Guests arrived to the ceremony via ferry — a weirdly poetic parallel to the guest transportation for Connor's Succession season 4 wedding ceremony.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As part of his campaign platform, McGregor has opposed a European Union migration pact that would more evenly distribute the processing of asylum seekers across the bloc.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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More than a migration measure, that’s a demographic earthquake.—
Andres Oppenheimer
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another video emerged that showed that Prescott spit on the ground in Carter’s direction first, but Carter then spit on Prescott’s chest, drawing the ejection.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The act occurred right in front of an official, making Carter’s ejection an immediate call.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nikola’s children leave the country to find work in Germany — this new rural-to-urban migration encourages emigration outright.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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Netanyahu has said Gaza’s population should be relocated to other countries through what his government has described as voluntary emigration.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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