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opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
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
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
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
Verb
For me, the flashback is suggestive but not conclusive — maybe Arthur’s genuinely confused about the identity of the man in his house, or maybe this is his chance at revenge against the white men who have continually dispossessed his family and his people.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessed
Adjective
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There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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After lawmakers in Germany determined that anonymous surrenders deprived children of the chance to learn anything about their parentage, Germany passed a confidential-birth law in 2014.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The fire happened in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, at a home where James Sever once lived before he was evicted.—
Erika Stanish,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ex-Prince Andrew was evicted, at last, from his 30-room mansion, Royal Lodge, under the cover of darkness on February 2.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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According to state data, 73% of Kansas school buildings have a large enough proportion of disadvantaged pupils to qualify for the federal program.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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Many others are chronically underperforming Title 1 schools, with high volumes of students coming from economically disadvantaged families, ranking among the nation’s worst.—
Jerel Ezell,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Pilgrims also threw in coins as offerings, some later retrieved by impoverished people to survive.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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The penultimate episode saw Deathclaws descending on Freeside, an impoverished community on the fringes of New Vegas.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This can’t happen if our institutions remain focused on increasing access among privileged youth and simultaneously continue underinvesting in our nation’s underprivileged youth.—
Jerel Ezell,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
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Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These individuals are often left destitute, disabled, and in chronic pain from medically unnecessary procedures.—
Elizabeth Heck,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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No matter the iteration, New York is a destitute trade partner, having already emptied its chamber for Towns and Bridges.—
Ricardo Sandoval,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The opposition between needy Luna and independent Uranus empowers your intuition.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Conley will have to at least briefly weigh other options — point guard-needy teams like Houston or Denver could serve as potential landing spots — before making a determination.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Attorney deserts Fransein, in her role in the juvenile division, was responsible for assigning counsel for indigent parties in Tulsa County.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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That stands in stark contrast to cities like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Denver and Portland which use a variety of funding streams to pay for a range of indigent services.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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