subjugation

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Recent Examples of subjugation The fight for human rights was an urgent demand that called upon all people—regardless of race, socioeconomic background, gender, or nationality—to fight against the subjugation of Black people everywhere. Time, 22 Sep. 2025 The Jiménezes’ version of the wilderness is a space in which dominant symbols and narratives undergo a process of transformation, even subjugation. Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025 If, for example, the EU speeds up delivery of ammunition and drones from existing stock and extends a financial lifeline to Kyiv by confiscating the $250 billion worth of frozen Russian assets sitting in its banks, the Kremlin may not achieve its strategic goal of Ukraine’s subjugation. Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025 In Monday’s order, the court stressed extensive evidence of Combs assaulting two former long-term girlfriends, among other things indicating his inclination toward violence, coercion and subjugation. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subjugation
Noun
  • Dry riverbeds, or wadis, that once flowed into or out of the Nile provided land routes of trade, conquest and mining expeditions from the Nile River to the Red Sea.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That realization became the seed of her writing on slow dating, which reframes love as an unfolding rather than a conquest.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not long after Scopely set out on this path, then-Disney execs Tim O’Brien and Javier Ferreira joined Driver in his quest for mobile-gaming domination.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Morgan Pope continued her domination of the game and further cemented herself as the favorite to win season 27.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Just keep an eye on the run defense In a dominating win like Sunday’s, looking for any negatives is nitpicking, but the Cowboys’ run defense struggles are worth highlighting.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos are 2-2 and coming off a dominating 28-3 victory over the struggling Cincinnati Bengals.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Subjugation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subjugation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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