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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Even he might have been shocked, though, to see an Israeli government bent on ethnic cleansing through bombing and starvation.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Israel’s far-right has long wanted to move Palestinians out of Gaza, a prospect that critics have said would amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Expelling the population would amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
When the murder of 100,000 people, many of them women and children, is mentioned or denounced, or when someone dares to use terms such as genocide, ethnocide, ethnic cleansing or similar, most people choose to take issue with the characterization, quibbling over semantics.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Israel’s far-right has long wanted to move Palestinians out of Gaza, a prospect that critics have said would amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Expelling the population would amount to ethnic cleansing.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
When the murder of 100,000 people, many of them women and children, is mentioned or denounced, or when someone dares to use terms such as genocide, ethnocide, ethnic cleansing or similar, most people choose to take issue with the characterization, quibbling over semantics.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
Noun
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Determine family meeting places and make sure to include an out-of-town location in case of evacuation.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Some people may experience stress from poor access to transportation, healthy foods, medication or specialized care, Hessler Jones says.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 1919 the United States Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
14 Oct. 2025
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In part to address an aging population, Spain has aggressively expanded migration more broadly, with the number of Latin Americans now calling Madrid home having grown more than tenfold over the last quarter-century to more than a million.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Proposals presented to the White House earlier this year would give preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, The New York Times reported this week.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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After the game, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr prasied the young forward and his play, despite the ejection.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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After the fumble, the Bulldogs got the ball at their own 1-yard line and went 88 yards in 12 plays before kicking a field goal, aided by a targeting call that led to the ejection of Auburn cornerback Kayin Lee.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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An analysis conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, or FRA, also concluded last year that more than half of respondents had either emigrated or considered emigration in the five years prior to the survey.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Oct. 2025
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This led to a significant wave of emigration, with many Cubans heading to the United States.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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