Sentence examples for a form of appropriation from inspiring English sources

Ms. Rowley described her technique as a form of appropriation.

The payouts to bankers are a form of appropriation of public wealth.

Even as a form of appropriation art, the piece neither illuminates its borrowed material nor has anything new to say on its own.

I believe this is a form of cultural appropriation and that selling sage is an extension of that appropriation; capitalism will make anything a commodity.

"For 'Oz's' female viewers, watching women characters with this power over men is probably a form of phallic appropriation," said Dr. Khakasa Wapenyi, a psychiatric fellow at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center who works with people who have gender-identity conflicts.

The consultant, who is Haitian-American, the administrator, who is Chinese-American, and the fund-raiser, who is African-American, debated whether Bruno Mars's music was a form of cultural appropriation.

When asked about whether the festival was a form of cultural appropriation, organizer Jack Langerman was unapologetic.

Asked whether he thinks festivals like his may be a form of cultural appropriation.

Various awareness campaigns encouraged party-goers and trick-or-treaters to show their Halloween spirit by donning racially and culturally sensitive outfits, condemning costumes depicting members of foreign backgrounds as a form of cultural appropriation.

But divorcing mindfulness practices from their origins can be a form of cultural appropriation, i.e., the adoption of elements from a minority culture by a dominant culture, says Kendra Surmitis, a professor of counseling on the faculty of Prescott College.

If you choose to wear something you do know has cultural significance without acknowledging it, that's a form of cultural appropriation - taking something that's not yours and pretending like it is.