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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Beijing erupted in fury when Radio Free Asia exposed its ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs and COVID coverups.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Human rights experts and organizations have called this operation an ethnic cleansing and even a genocide.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Dozens of Arab and Muslim-majority countries have rejected the notion as ethnic cleansing.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025
That is ethnic cleansing by another name.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Human rights experts and organizations have called this operation an ethnic cleansing and even a genocide.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Dozens of Arab and Muslim-majority countries have rejected the notion as ethnic cleansing.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025
That is ethnic cleansing by another name.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
Noun
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Fifty-eight hostages remain in Gaza, 24 of them presumed to be alive, including one American. Since March 18, the IDF has again increased its presence in Gaza, targeting areas across the strip and issuing evacuation orders.—
Kerem Inal,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Israel on Saturday ordered the evacuation of areas east of Khan Yunis ahead of an attack.—
Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Tech expert Kurt Knutsson reports on this new way of thinking about off-road transportation.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1039 Ariane Lange reports on regional transportation for The Sacramento Bee.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The pandemic and proliferation of remote work have led to migration out of the major U.S. cities where jobs and industries were previously concentrated.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Interestingly, the team found that migration patterns reflect economic disparities and social networks.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who is essentially Netanyahu’s puppet, has established a new administrative body in his ministry to promote emigration.—
Amos Harel,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Apr. 2025
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Around Israel’s establishment in 1948, Syrian Jews faced hostility and many fled until the government imposed emigration and travel restrictions.—
Ephrat Livni,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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