as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Later, edge rusher Nolan Smith dispossessed Stafford.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Guimaraes was dispossessed, and Newcastle fell behind.
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
This legislation is designed to reward regime loyalists, who will be tasked with the redevelopment of Syria, and to dispossess opponents, including the millions of refugees who either cannot return or who fled without property deeds.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2018
Of the 15 times the visitors were dispossessed on Saturday at Selhurst Park, 11 occurred after half-time.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Guimaraes was dispossessed, and Newcastle fell behind.
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
This legislation is designed to reward regime loyalists, who will be tasked with the redevelopment of Syria, and to dispossess opponents, including the millions of refugees who either cannot return or who fled without property deeds.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2018
Of the 15 times the visitors were dispossessed on Saturday at Selhurst Park, 11 occurred after half-time.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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