dispossessed

Example Sentences

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The Kemalists initially bestowed upon Abdulmejid the largely symbolic title of caliph after they dispossessed his cousin of ruling power in 1922.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

With six minutes of regular time remaining, he dispossessed an opponent, surged forward and coolly fired the ball into the net.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

In the golden age of mobility, the winners were the dispossessed.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

Now that fires from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Castaic have finally subsided, thousands upon thousands of residents are returning to a life dispossessed of its least common denominators.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

It is no longer concerned primarily with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander