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as in deprivation
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as in displacement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025 -
While some hardship builds character, suffering extreme deprivation does not guarantee success.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This was next-gen performance born from racing and applied to touring, and it was all driven by a 260 hp, 3.3-liter Colombo V-12—with 275 cc of displacement per cylinder, hence the moniker—mated to the aforementioned five-speed manual transaxle.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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In this powerful act of social and political resistance, this community centered nonprofit aims to fight off displacement and create opportunities for families and individuals to remain in their own neighborhoods.—
Alyza J Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Initially, the reserve would be small, made up of the bitcoin the federal government has seized from criminal operations or received in civil forfeitures.—
Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Mar. 2025
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The order prohibits acquiring bitcoin outside of forfeiture proceedings unless further legislative action is taken.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Protesters have called for the expulsion of Haitian migrants during incidents that have turned violent.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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The outcome of that review may determine that financial fines or expulsion from future competition is necessary.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Denver, meanwhile, was a disappointment on that end; one of many reasons for Michael Malone’s late-season ouster was the Nuggets’ 22nd-place rank in defensive efficiency entering Sunday.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The cost overruns, failed rollouts and delays prompted some county leaders to call for Tyler’s ouster years ago.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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The real crisis is the lack of due process in the deportations, to take the first example, and the president’s assumption of Congress’s power to levy taxes, to take the second.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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The senator's effort comes amid mounting legal and political pressure over the deportation.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The pandemic and proliferation of remote work have led to migration out of the major U.S. cities where jobs and industries were previously concentrated.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Interestingly, the team found that migration patterns reflect economic disparities and social networks.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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