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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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By April 2024, as the bombing, displacement and deprivation continued, UNICEF estimated that 100 percent of children in Gaza were in need of mental health and psychosocial support.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025 -
Chronic sleep deprivation can lead to fatigue, mood swings, low libido and difficulty concentrating, according to the National Institutes of Health.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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One year after Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas in 2017, more than 90% of Gulf Coast residents reported ongoing stress related to housing instability, financial hardship or displacement.—
Lee Ann Rawlins Williams,
The Conversation,
13 July 2025
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But the physical displacement is only part of Midar's loss.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Prosecutors have also filed notices of criminal forfeiture, seeking the seizure of property and assets allegedly connected to or derived from the criminal offenses.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Trump commuted her sentence, which followed her conviction for possession and conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, conspiracy to commit money laundering and criminal forfeiture, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
29 May 2025
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The film, released in 1991, explored the expulsion of the Indian minority from Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Police in Surprise told Arizona Family that the students involved had been suspended pending expulsion at the time of the arrests, but declined to offer any further information on the case.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Bondi has become a target for Trump’s supporters angered by the DOJ’s decision not to release the files, with some calling for her ouster.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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For weeks, Trump has been pushing for Powell's ouster, calling for the Fed to lower rates substantially.—
Pia Singh,Brian Evans,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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To date, Boulos is the most high-profile Haitian to be detained by the Trump administration, which in recent months has tried to shorten the deportation protections and work permits for over a half million Haitians temporarily in the United States.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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Enforcement and Removal Operations deportation officers arrested Phan on June 2.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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This data is supported by U-Haul's latest midyear migration trends report.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Birds stop in Kentucky to refuel and rest before continuing their migration.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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