expropriations

plural of expropriation

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Recent Examples of expropriations Land expropriations will also be authorized. CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriations
Noun
  • Two candidates vying for a vacant Fort Worth area senate seat are open to state takeovers in the Fort Worth and Lake Worth school districts.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Milwaukee police previously told the Common Council the police task force responsible for the takeovers was paused Labor Day weekend to deal with violent crime on Water Street.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The most likely cause of an increase in childhood deaths is malaria, which kills more than 400,000 children a year and can cause seizures.
    Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, the disorder generally presents with a global developmental delay, moderate to severe intellectual disability, and seizures and progressive motor symptoms, amongst other things.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since none of the 12 appropriations bills have been approved, this shutdown is more extensive than the partial shutdown that started in December 2018, when Congress had enacted five of the 12 appropriations bills, said the nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank Committee for a Responsible Budget.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But Republicans instead want to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government open for a few weeks while bipartisan negotiations on appropriations take place.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But county commissioners voted in February to put a moratorium on annexations and incorporations for at least five years to give the county time to assess the fiscal impact of future annexation and incorporations.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Expropriations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expropriations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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