But appropriation is a whole different kettle of fish. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation] Reference
The relief appropriation is six cents per person per day. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Iron Curtain Falls] Reference
Let's call it "appropriation without acknowledgement or reciprocation.". From Wordnik.com. [The Da Vinci Co-Opt] Reference
Marginal cultures don't engage in appropriation -- they are assimilated. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation] Reference
Traditional IP law: private appropriation is a precondition for production. From Wordnik.com. [WIPIP at Seton Hall part 3] Reference
The Children's Building has no appropriation from the Exposition authorities. From Wordnik.com. [Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893] Reference
An act of appropriation is still an act of appropriation, regardless of who carries it out. From Wordnik.com. [More on Cultural Appropriation] Reference
By the way, has anyone ever heard where the idea of the short term appropriation originated?. From Wordnik.com. [It's Done -- Iraq Withdrawal Bill Passes Both Houses Of Congress] Reference
Demonstrating that the copying amounted to "improper appropriation" is an even stickier wicket. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
For the most part, the MPAA offers a great service to the community by rating films in appropriation to age. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
That's because state law prevents any sort of payments – even IOUs – without an appropriation from the Legislature, Jordan said. From Wordnik.com. [California Budget Four Months Late] Reference
This is, I think, the risk we run if we insist that cultural appropriation is only carried out by dominant cultures on marginal ones. From Wordnik.com. [More on Cultural Appropriation] Reference
The appropriation from the central budget in this regard totaled 725.3 billion yuan, an increase of 21.8 percent over the previous year. From Wordnik.com. [Heidiminx: PROPAGANDA: PR With an Oppressive Agenda] Reference
Cultural appropriation is a big, muddy, messy, complicated, thorny, touchy issue where it's difficult to nail down any hard and fast rights and wrongs. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Domain] Reference
Remember, every expenditure is an appropriation, which is law. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
It is only the third person, their cultural appropriation, that is illegal. From Wordnik.com. [Wait for it....HELLO WISCONSIN!] Reference
I don’t think appropriation is the word … and tokenizing and othering feel a bit too strong. From Wordnik.com. [not sure how i feel about this « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
The appropriation was a very niggardly one, in view of the size of the structure required as a vice - regal residence. From Wordnik.com. [Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present] Reference
It simply cannot be dismissed as a simple instance of appropriation, which is the line Mr. Peter Heehs also tends to take. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
The money runs out for agencies that do not have an appropriation, which is almost all of them, on -- at midnight on Monday. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry And Alice Rivlin] Reference
"Andrew!" she repeated, as if the word meant the perfection of earth's worthiest rendering the idea of appropriation too absurd. From Wordnik.com. [The Elect Lady] Reference
I had to choose between extra annual maintenance appropriation, which is more vital, and special appropriations of this character. From Wordnik.com. [Board of Visitors minutes] Reference
Theft is defined as the appropriation of property belonging to someone else with the intention of permanently depriving them of it. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
2 This appropriation is part of a much larger story concerning the birth of minstrelsy in New York and the role of local black culture. From Wordnik.com. [Notes, "Obi in New York", Obi] Reference
The meaning of the appropriation is unambiguous: See how little bothered we are by the petty schoolyard taunt you’ve tried to apply to us. From Wordnik.com. [Own It!] Reference
This 'appropriation' of photography must stop as soon as possible. From Wordnik.com. [I Object] Reference
I thought I'd outlined a distinction between representation and appropriation which is fairly simple, no?. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation] Reference
Many English translators early chose "appropriation" or "appropriative event" to render this special sense. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
There's some movement under way in getting some more light, shall we say, on this kind of appropriation, isn't there, Brianna?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2007] Reference
The term "appropriation" has a crystal-clear meaning which asserts nothing about the power differential between villain and victim. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation] Reference
I'm fine with "appropriation" as a neutral term which makes no judgements on the issue of who's on top; indeed, I intended to use it as such. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation] Reference
I'm all for the 'appropriation' of silly images for repurposing 'cause you can't think of something original...but this one's a bit out there. From Wordnik.com. [Über-Conformity: Death Before Individuality] Reference
And yet someone else may do something that on the face of it is exactly the same kind of appropriation, except it doesn't feel like theft to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Domain] Reference
Since Citi is likely not the only bank in almost as bad shape, what do you think the odds are of getting that kind of appropriation through Congress?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » A Viable Alternative to Nationalization?] Reference
Heller: Returning to the controversy of "appropriation," there are opposing factions for copyright and copy-left. From Wordnik.com. [AIGA: Voice: AIGA Journal of Design] Reference
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