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Recent Examples of dispossession
And so, put simply, the Park Service is not the villain of the story of dispossession.
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JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Moved by Arthur’s story of dispossession, Dale wrote out a new will, which would see his shares of Indian Head Hills returned to Arthur and Chutto.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
That Haudenosaunee dispossession made the Erie Canal possible.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
By addressing notions of dispossession and racialization, Nolan aims at looking for ways to repair the world.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Nguyen, who lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, creates films and sculptures embodying the ripple effects of violence and dispossession.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2025
But the forcible dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, the deprivation of their basic rights, has been a hallmark of the Zionist movement and of Israeli governments.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Nine years later, the trial begins and the film weaves courtroom footage with community voices and images to uncover the deep colonial roots of land dispossession.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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Research shows that sleep deprivation causes hormonal changes that contribute to obesity.—
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Guests will have the chance to explore gorgeous beaches, canyons and cliffs outside, then relax by Mailena’s pool or in the Wellness and Longevity Center, featuring saunas, sensory deprivation tanks and biohacking suites.—
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The violence and chaos are driving hunger and displacement as tens of thousands flee their homes, posing risks not only to the country but to regional security.—
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For all three, conquest and displacement of native peoples would be a major theme, but larger-scale and more violent in the United States than that in Canada or Brazil.—
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
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The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.—
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Both have called for Jewish resettlement in the territory.—
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Attorney Brian Steele, who represents the rapper, had petitioned the court with the argument that the state did not hold a civil forfeiture hearing within the 60-day time limit.—
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The exchange was a part of the final forfeiture case filed in 2023 against Greta Keranen and Jeffrey Regnier, owners of Kee Firearms and Kee Construction in New Lenox.—
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Greece now offers a new five-year golden visa for foreign investors, creating another enticing relocation option for Americans interested in moving abroad.—
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
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Israel’s first occupation of Gaza was characterized by war crimes, massacres, and expulsions.—
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Robert Eggers' first feature tells a folk horror tale about a devout family — led by father William (Ralph Ineson) and his wife, Katherine (Kate Dickie) — living on an isolated farm in 1630s New England after their expulsion from Puritan society.—
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A lot of questions remain to be answered following the unprecedented ouster of the Venezuelan leader.—
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As emerging markets funds hope to attract new capital inflows from asset allocators, Robinson said Maduro's ouster removed a key downside for investors.—
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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