displaced family

collocation in English

meaningsofdisplacedandfamily

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displaced
adjective
uk
/dɪˈspleɪst/us
/dɪˈspleɪst/
having been forced to leave your home, for example by a war or ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofdisplacedandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisplaced family

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Displacedfamilyclans were splintered, their homes removed and many ancestral burying grounds were necessarily abandoned.
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A third of displaced families are headed by a woman.
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I am informed that a suggestion that huts should be erected as temporary accommodation for the displaced families is under consideration by the local authority.
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Displaced families would need to be accommodated in more conventional two-storey housing.
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Displaced families are living in rudimentary shelters; food shortages prevail; and town and village water systems have been destroyed.
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Overall 90% of the displaced families from the first phase of the renovation had returned.
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However, in the 1990s, 714 displaced families were accommodated among those who had not been able to meet the earlier deadline.
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The majority of displaced families were sheltered in student dormitories provided by the government.
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After 1945 some of the rooms were made available as accommodation for displaced families.
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During the 90s informal neighborhoods arise inhabited by displaced families who settle in areas below sea level, constantly flooded, with no street access and no access to public services.
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