How to Use eminent domain in a Sentence

eminent domain

noun
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  • The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.
  • The people of the small tribe were removed from their homes through eminent domain.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • Those two units are not part of the 40 acres that could be subject to eminent domain, which contains turbines that have been retired from use.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • And so much wealth has been stripped out of communities of color by redlining, redevelopment, and eminent domain.
    — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • What Wilmington is doing is the equivalent of taking a house through eminent domain but not paying the homeowners a dime.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Manhattan Beach used eminent domain to seize the land in 1924, ostensibly for use as a park.
    — NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • To build the park, the state took the land by eminent domain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In 1853 the city used eminent domain to take control of the land.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • In the 1960s, the city used eminent domain to take the properties for a highway project.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • The Manhattan Beach Board of Trustees took the land in 1924 through eminent domain with plans to build a park.
    — Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 June 2022
  • Land once owned by the Burgess family was seized via eminent domain by the state in 1949 and cleared to make way for the Gold Rush park.
    — Palabra, oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The home was taken from the family by eminent domain in the 1950s.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The railroad acquired the homes of Payne and many of her neighbors through eminent domain.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
  • The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • The city decided to use eminent domain to seize the waterworks, and the two parties went to court.
    — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The city used eminent domain to acquire the property, which had been at the location since the mid-1980s.
    — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
  • In 1974, in an effort to arrest control over the land, the school district sued the city through an eminent domain action.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • There was eminent domain and legal wrangling and the Bahu’s Arco station was torn down in 2003 and scrubbed.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
  • The city proposed a park and retention pond to stop future flooding in the area, and sought to use eminent domain to acquire the houses.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The new board still has power over building permits, taxes, roads, bonds and eminent domain, the suit states.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The town of Manhattan Beach took the Bruces’ property in 1924 via eminent domain.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
  • When that failed to drive the Bruces out, the city Manhattan Beach seized the property using eminent domain in 1924, claiming the land was needed for a park.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The city also can no longer use eminent domain in urban renewal to evict people and take their homes and land.
    — oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Such a project would seem to mean people having to leave their homes, either by being bought out or through eminent domain.
    — Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 3 July 2023
  • Texas has begun steps to claim Fairfield Lake State Park through eminent domain.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • The city used these stereotypes to further justify its need to purchase the land through eminent domain.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • If that’s true, then the only way for Invenergy to get access to her land will be through eminent domain.
    — Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Some properties near the portals may have to be acquired through eminent domain, agency officials have said.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024

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