ethnic cleansings

plural of ethnic cleansing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansings
Noun
  • Up to date evacuations are available on the Perimeter evacuation website.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The first evacuations were ordered Thursday afternoon, and two expansions Friday increased the evacuation zone to 21 square miles.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It has also been used as a derogatory term, mocking immigrant culture in Lima during the mass migrations of Indigenous Andean people to Lima in the 20th century.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportations modes and distracted driving laws.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansings. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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