ethnic cleansing

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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing Trump has said the Palestinians would not be allowed to return: UN officials and others say Trump's plan would amount to ethnic cleansing. NPR, 12 Feb. 2025 Trump seems to be offering Israel a deal: The U.S. will countenance the ethnic cleansing of Gaza so long as America gets a prime piece of oceanfront property at the end of it. Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2025 Trump has suggested that some or all Gaza Palestinians should be moved to neighboring Egypt or Jordan, but those countries have strongly rejected that idea and Palestinians denounce it as an endorsement of Israeli ethnic cleansing. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025 Arab states and Palestinian groups have rejected Trump's proposal, which critics said would amount to ethnic cleansing. Hussam Al-Masri, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ethnic cleansing
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Noun
  • The fires, which engulfed tens of thousands of acres in the Los Angeles area and forced mass evacuations, prompted schedule changes for many sports teams and leagues.
    Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The fire, which caused the evacuation of 1,200 people and the closure of Highway 1 for three days, was the largest battery storage plant fire in the United States.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Shipley said on Monday that fuel costs and driver wages for school transportation and electricity costs for the district are among the expenses increasing beyond the rate of inflation, thereby driving up the district’s expenditures.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This tackles waste management challenges head-on and creates a sustainable protein source while minimizing transportation and emissions.
    Oyku Ilgar, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Much of the Floridan Aquifer is shielded significantly from downward migration of pollution by overlying layers of dense, impermeable clay.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While voluntary emigration has been quietly discussed for years, Trump’s endorsement has turned it into a divisive issue.
    Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Trump left Biden with the dubious choice of either giving the appearance of siding with the Cuban communist regime, or leaving the designation and further depressing Cuba’s economy, a major factor behind emigration from the island.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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