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to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessed
Adjective
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When the Home Secretary is abducted in the largest deprived area, Paradis City, special agent Fredrika (Julia Ragnarsson) enlists Emir (Alexander Abdallah), an ex-MMA fighter facing life in prison, to find the politician.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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Yet the contrast is sharp between how AI is used in the experimental school—nestled within an abundance of human attention—and how it is used in more deprived circumstances.—
Allison Pugh,
WIRED,
7 Dec. 2024
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Erickson's life unraveled steadily for years — and then, after she was evicted, all at once.—
Jessica Goodheart,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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She was evicted in February and died in May, while homeless, just days short of her 71st birthday.—
Jessica Goodheart,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Last April, the EPA awarded funding via the National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator with the goal of spurring private investment in disadvantaged communities.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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What’s especially troubling is that scores for the lowest-performing students from disadvantaged families have fallen the most.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Numerous aid workers in northern Thailand described widespread panic and confusion following the sudden suspension of aid, especially among those whose work provides life-saving services to some of the world’s most vulnerable and impoverished people on both sides of the border.—
Ivan Watson,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the sight of an unelected billionaire dismantling an agency that was set up to help the impoverished is already undermining faith in U.S. democracy.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As part of a program to help less fortunate communities, Jennifer is also overseeing the conversion of a San Francisco space to function as a ballet studio for underprivileged kids.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Since its establishment, the company’s ethos has been centered on community involvement with a focus on underprivileged youth.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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So there's a real tug-of-war between being grateful, and feeling destitute and rudderless.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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After years of war and revolution, Nicaragua was destitute; there was no money for street signs.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Assuming that number is greater than three is naive and guilty of taking him for granted. Don’t act needy.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
30 Jan. 2025
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President Trump's flurry of orders restricting immigration and promising mass deportations violate core Christian principles of caring for the poor and needy, religious leaders in multiple denominations said.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Audiences savored White’s scathing dialogue, actor Jennifer Coolidge’s tragicomic performance as the emotionally indigent heiress Tanya McQuoid, and the show’s sly insights into how money comes to shape our every relationship.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The commission supports indigent communities, including immigrants.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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