1
as in deprivation
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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
Noun
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Scientists from the Department of Psychology at the University of York, United Kingdom, aimed to uncover how sleep deprivation leads to intrusive thoughts.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025 -
Over the years, experts have found that differences in brain structure or function, genetic variations and mutations, and medical complications (e.g. extreme prematurity, oxygen deprivation at birth, and certain maternal health issues) all seem to play a role.—
Cassie Shortsleeve,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Israeli military operation across several West Bank cities has displaced roughly 40,000 Palestinians from their homes, in what experts say is the biggest displacement of civilians in the territory since the Arab-Israeli war of 1967.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced from those areas, according to the United Nations and Israel's defense minister — the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2025
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Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Because of the ballot forfeiture, these races will now be uncontested.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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Santos’s new sentencing date is on April 25, and he is required to pay more than $205,000 in forfeiture, in addition to $375,000 in restitution.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the summer of 1972, the country's leader, Idi Amin, ordered the mass expulsion of Asians, giving Kishor 90 days to leave Uganda.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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The expulsions of the Barnard students were disclosed Saturday by Columbia University Apartheid Divest.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to Trump asking for an explanation about the ousters.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Islamist group’s radical ideology was never fully defeated, and after the ouster of longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad late last year, as well as the arrival of a new administration in Washington, some are fearful that ISIS could be unleashed on the world once again.—
Richard Engel,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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He was supposed to be deported to Bulgaria last year but reportedly avoided deportation.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump successfully campaigned on a platform of mass deportation and strengthening border security.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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In Austria, migration was a prominent topic leading up to last year’s election, which resulted in the far-right Freedom Party securing its first national election victorysince World War II.—
Stephanie Lichtenstein,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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From the beginning, the Paddington movies have linked their fictional bear, the creation of children’s book author Michael Bond, to themes of migration and sanctuary.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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