How to Use eminent domain in a Sentence

eminent domain

noun

• The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.
• To build the park, the state took the land by eminent domain.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
• In 1853 the city used eminent domain to take control of the land.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022
• Both fought City Hall's use of eminent domain to remake that part of the city.
  — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 16 July 2019
• In the 1960s, the city used eminent domain to take the properties for a highway project.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• The Manhattan Beach Board of Trustees took the land in 1924 through eminent domain with plans to build a park.
  — Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
• The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 June 2022
• One of the six is being acquired by the state through eminent domain.
  — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
• Land once owned by the Burgess family was seized via eminent domain by the state in 1949 and cleared to make way for the Gold Rush park.
  — Palabra, oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022
• The people of the small tribe were removed from their homes through eminent domain.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• The home was taken from the family by eminent domain in the 1950s.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
• The railroad acquired the homes of Payne and many of her neighbors through eminent domain.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• In 1974, the school district sued to take ownership of the site through an eminent domain claim.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2021
• The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
• The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• In 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach used eminent domain to force the couple off their land to turn it into a park.
  — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2021
• The city decided to use eminent domain to seize the waterworks, and the two parties went to court.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
• And in 1924, the city condemned the Bruces’ property, claiming eminent domain in order to use the land as a park.
  — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• In 2018, the History Connection took the club to court in a bid to acquire the lease via eminent domain.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
• Changes in eminent domain law also don’t seem to raise costs much.
  — Noah Smith, Twin Cities, 31 July 2019
• The city used eminent domain to acquire the property, which had been at the location since the mid-1980s.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• City leaders used eminent domain to shut down the Bruce's thriving business to make way for a park.
  — CBS News, 9 Apr. 2021
• The city of Cleveland owns the I-X Center, obtaining it in 1999 by threat of eminent domain.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2020
• Trump Tower, which stands on that spot, could be seized by eminent domain.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2020
• The property is next to golf course land that the Carlson family once owned, and was the focus of an eminent domain case with the town.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 12 July 2018
• In 1974, in an effort to arrest control over the land, the school district sued the city through an eminent domain action.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
• In some cases, the government seized homes that were in its way by eminent domain.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2021
• At the start of the 2000s, the ballpark owners’ plans to tear down the park and use eminent domain to build a new one were met with resistance from neighborhood groups.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019
• Oppose the use of eminent domain, leaving land use development to the market, rather than the government.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
• The eminent domain lawsuits are part of a legal process that gives governments authority to take property for public use, writes Dana Afana.
  — Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024