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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
The process of forming the people, creating the conditions for national homogeneity, was and still is accompanied by ethnic cleansing—or sometimes genocide.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The questions were as straightforward as the technicalities were complicated: how should Gaza be governed and reconstructed after the Israel-Hamas war is over, without having to resort to ethnic cleansing?
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Critics say the plan — which Trump says would involve relocating Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan or elsewhere — is unworkable and would amount to the ethnic cleansing of 2 million Palestinians.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump's plans have been unanimously rejected by Arab leaders, Palestinians, and international advocacy groups, many of whom liken the plan to ethnic cleansing.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The questions were as straightforward as the technicalities were complicated: how should Gaza be governed and reconstructed after the Israel-Hamas war is over, without having to resort to ethnic cleansing?
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Critics say the plan — which Trump says would involve relocating Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan or elsewhere — is unworkable and would amount to the ethnic cleansing of 2 million Palestinians.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump's plans have been unanimously rejected by Arab leaders, Palestinians, and international advocacy groups, many of whom liken the plan to ethnic cleansing.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
Noun
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Those who survived the evacuation were sent to do agrarian work at labor camps in rural areas.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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An evacuation order has been issued for zone RVC-2190-A; north of Avenue 69, south of Avenue 67, west of Lincoln street, and east of Avenue 86.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nearly 85 percent of America's critical infrastructure—telecom, energy, finance, health care, transportation—is privately owned, and underprotected.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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On the downside, trade, transportation and utilities saw a loss of 6,000 jobs and natural resources and mining declined by 3,000.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Its migration and refugee services are the largest refugee resettlement agency in the world, according to the USCCB website.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Established by Congress in 1969 as a nonprofit corporation, the IAF funds efforts to combat poverty, migration and instability in Latin America and the Caribbean.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s proposal has, however, brought the idea further into the mainstream, with Israeli politicians now openly discussing mass emigration of Gazans as a solution to the war.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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Frustrated by Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian policies and a lack of economic opportunity, many young Turks are contemplating emigration.—
Gonul Tol,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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