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as in depredations
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as in embezzlements
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoilments
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Protecting The Future Of 5G And AI The U.S. government has reported that Chinese nation-state threat actor groups have been causing havoc to U.S. critical infrastructure, including telecommunications services.—
Anand Oswal,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025 -
For over a year, bird flu has caused havoc in the farming industry, leading to millions of dead birds and thousands of sick cows – and causing egg prices to run up.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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These faulty assumptions can lead to frustration and disengagement when reality does not meet their expectations, ultimately affecting their work ethic and job performance.—
Nilesh Parmar,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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And this is not even factoring in inevitable federal and state cuts that will have an outsized impact on our income and property tax assumptions.—
Tom Quirk,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Dec. 2024
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The classification of some minor thefts as Estes robberies raises questions about the reliability of the LAPD’s crime figures, which have come under scrutiny in years past.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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The thefts were first noticed and reported to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in June 2021 after Sony Music Entertainment learned that a cloud account belonging to Upsahl had been compromised.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Despoilments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilments. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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