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It could be used in contexts discussing the appropriation of ideas, resources, or cultural elements, but it needs additional context to be fully understood.
Example: "The appropriation in this project raises ethical questions about cultural sensitivity."
Alternatives: "the use of this" or "the adoption in this".
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Cultural appropriation in this sense is an awesome thing.
We examine, among other features, transportation, mobility, and property appropriation in this virtual worlds system.
The protesters — some of them non-students — are involved in what's called, to invoke a trendy term, "cultural appropriation". In this case, it is the culture of fascism.
Appropriation in this case refers to how tourists engage with part of a culture, in this case Buddhism in Thailand, and adopt and modify that culture for their own use.
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But back to the reality of the here and now – this week Israel made another land appropriation in the West Bank, this time in retaliation for the three Israeli teenagers whose killing started the recent conflict.
More importantly, with Anthony Rodriguez III doing a brilliant job as The Engineer, there was no question of cultural appropriation in the casting of this key role.
There are many outside appropriations in this music — the chorus of "Cobweb" is harmonized in a South African vocal style — but the end results feel like a new thing altogether, which is clearly the point.
Neither idea is new, although in an era of wholesale appropriation in art this hardly matters.
Senator Spano is seeking a $300,000 appropriation in this year's state budget to buy Altosid, a larviside, which prevents mosquito larvae from becoming adult mosquitoes.
Similarly, Cal-BRAIN — short for California Blueprint for Research to Advance Innovations in Neuroscience — aims to "accelerate the development of brain mapping techniques, including the development of new technologies". The initial appropriation in this year's state budget was $2 million.
Both have been accused of cultural appropriation in the past.
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